This major international exhibition draws together a range of installations ranging from a euthanasia roller coaster to the prosthetic head of Australian performance artist Stelarc. HUMAN+ also includes a children’s book illustrating the question on where babies come from in the IVF era to a vision of eternal life through digital means. It also features artist Eduardo Kac’s “plantimal” called the Edunia – a hybrid plant which includes the artists own DNA. HUMAN+ paints a somewhat ambiguous picture of the future of our species. What enhancements will we choose to become better humans? What happens when we live side by side with our robotic companions? How can we author our genetic futures? Find out at HUMAN+

“My Robot Companion” by Alex May (Quadratura Ltd), Anna Dumitriu, Dr Mick Walters and Prof Kerstin Dautenhahn has been commissioned as part of this exhibition and features a series of provocative heads for humanoid robots that consider the various roles they might undertake and the ethical implications of that. The project stems from Dumitriu and May’s artists residencies at The University of Hertfordshire’s Adaptive Systems Research Group.

It will be on show at the GV Art Gallery in London:

14th May to 20th June 2009
Tuesday to Friday 11am to 7pm, Saturdays 11am to 4pm

http://www.gvart.co.uk/viewings.htm

http://www.roundhouse.org.uk/whats-on/productions/the-space-ritual-2009-2925

UPDATE: This gig has been cancelled/postponed

More details when we get time!!

An audio/visual art installation by Martin A. Smith and Alex May for the “There Is Hope” exhibition at the GV art gallery in London.

It’s a real-time, audio reactive work utilising our new “digital trompe l’oeil” system.

An exhibition created by Alex May and Martin A. Smith for Quadratura reflecting on the invisible forces that power and govern our everyday existence.

The walls of the gallery are peeled away to reveal the hidden workings that enable our lives.

In reaction to this, and for the night of the private view only, the outside of the gallery will become a canvas, hiding the structure beneath a projection of colour.

Private View:

Tuesday 2nd December, 2008. 6-9pm (invitation only – contact us if you’d like to come along!)

Exhibition:

Wednesday 3rd December – Sunday 7th December 2008
Open 12.00am – 5.00pm Wednesday to Sunday.
Entry Free.

Gallery:

The Muse at 269, 269 Portobello Road, W11 1LR
Nearest Tube: Ladbroke Grove, Bus: 52,23,7,70

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Alex May, Quadratura co-founder and periodic resident of Brighton, will be performing a two-hour live VJ/DJ set at the event, featuring a multi-screen, architecturally mapped, video set-up using Quadratura’s unique software PatchBox.

Haunted Park Walk: Halloween in the Kyoto Garden

Follow the trail of glowing lanterns to reach the haunted Kyoto Garden which, for one night only, will come alive with an eerie recreation of the ancient traditions of Kaidan – Japanese tales of the strange and mysterious.

After the success of the Haunted Park Walk in Holland Park last year, Quadratura was commissioned again by The Royal Borough Of Kensington And Chelsea to create an interactive video and sound installation for Halloween, this time in the Kyoto Garden.

Taking as their theme the ancient game of Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai (A Gathering of 100 Ghostly Tales)
Quadratura will create an event that is at once haunting, beautiful and evocative.

At these gatherings 100 candles were lit and the players would each tell a ghost story. After each story a single candle was blown out and the room grew darker and darker. The game was an evocation of the spirits and with the extinguishing of the final candle something terrible would be waiting in the darkness.

The Haunted Park Walk will bring ghostly tales to the Kyoto Garden through innovative video projection and spine-tingling sound design.

Time

Friday 31 October 6pm to 10pm

Location

Kyoto Garden Holland Park London W8 (Abbotsbury Road Entrance)

Free Admission

Numbers are limited so please book by calling the Arts Service on 020 7361 3204 or email arts@rbkc.gov.uk

Transport

Tube: Holland Park (Central) or Kensington High Street (Circle and District)
Buses: 9, 9a, 10, 27, 28, 31, 49, C1, 94 and 148

Note to Editors

Quadratura is a highly innovative and creative video projection and sound design company that utilises a wide range of technologies and techniques to create unique, and often interactive, interior and exterior environments.
www.quadratura.info

Created by Alex May and Martin A Smith for Quadratura, the installation is commissioned by The Royal Borough Of Kensington And Chelsea as part of the ‘Across the Street, Around the World’ festival.
www.rbkc.gov.uk/acrossthestreet

For further information please contact
Alana Pryce (Press) at alanapryce1@aol.com or Mobile 07940420631
Miriam Nelken (RBKC) at Miriam.Nelken@rbkc.gov.uk
Quadratura at info@quadratura.info