Digital Art Week returns to London, April 22nd-28th, using the city as its canvas to showcase more than 120 leading artists, such as: Krista Kim, Ouchhh, Sasha Stiles, Cristina la Porta, Zach Lieberman, Zunc Studios, and Paul Milinski. Londoners will experience a wave of activations across the city, including prestigious London galleries, outdoor spaces, iconic music venues and over 100 digital billboards, bringing inspiring digital art to the forefront on a scale that has never been seen before across the capital.
Digital Art Week will be hosted by some of London’s most prestigious art galleries, exhibiting significant talent in the field and using old and new technology in order to push the boundaries of digital art. Venues include Unit London, Asprey Studio, HOFA, Gazell.io and Shoreditch Arts Club. Artists and platforms to be featured at these symbolic locations include: Casey Reas and Erika Weitz at Unit London, Harto and Khaled Makhshoush at Asprey Studio, Sougwen Chung, Emily Xie and Niceaunties at HOFA, Harold Cohen at Gazell.io, and George Barber and Phillip Birch at Shoreditch Arts Club.
As well as displaying within art galleries, Digital Art Week will exploit the city’s substantial digital technology such as the Outernet building, W1 curates will display work from Joshua Davis all month and include featured artists for one hour each day (8-9pm) as part of Digital Art Week. Artists include: Beeple, Ash Thorpe, GMUNK, Lost Soul of Saturn, and Six n Five.
Venturing further into outdoor spaces, artists such as Andre Reisnger, Paul Milinski, Six n Five, and Cristina la Porta will each blend a vivid reimagining of nature onto the backdrop of urban London locations through immersive Augmented Reality (AR) experiences, provided by partners No Standing and Artivive. The two experiences will allow users access to stunning nature-scapes while exploring the city. Locations such as Battersea Power Station, Big Ben, the London Eye and Tower Bridge.
All digital art installations, hosted by art galleries, will be open to all, but will operate a RSVP access list – details can be found at digitalartweek.io/whats-on
