/SPATIAL (“slash-spatial”) a new exhibition on the emergence of Spatial Computing, debuts simultaneously this Thursday, 25th April at the objkt.one NFT platform, Tech Contemporary gallery, Copenhagen, and in multiple virtual worlds.
Fourteen leading 3D and VR artists have minted new works for the show, which considers Spatial Computing through the reinterpretation of seminal works by art’s original Spatialist, Lucio Fontana (1899 – 1968). Co-curated by web3 producer Bay Backner and AR expert Damir First, /SPATIAL displays the NFTs as 3D objects in virtual installations across Decentraland, OnCyber and Hyperfy, as well as via Augmented Reality (AR) installations in the physical gallery.
“Fontana wrote the Spatialist manifesto in 1947 as a call for a new art form, one that would rupture the static surface of painting and venture into the dynamic realm of space. In his most iconic works, Fontana slashed through his canvases to ‘create a new dimension’,” explains First.
“Almost sixty years later, we see Spatial Computing being heralded as ‘the first computer you look through, not at.’ The surface of our devices are at the point of being metaphorically slashed.”
“Together, the fourteen /SPATIAL works act as a commentary on the intervention of the digital into our material world and experiences,” adds Backner. “The majority of the NFTs are released in the Extended Reality (XR) file format of .glb, as the artists search for digital media that cuts across all opening dimensions.”
“One of the joys of this show is seeing the same 3D works in different virtual worlds. This is the first time we’ve seen NFTs presented in this multi-dimensional, cross-platform way. It has only been made possible by recent advances in platforms like Decentraland.”
Exhibiting /SPATIAL artists include interdisciplinary NFT artist, Mattia Cuttini; Lauren Moffatt, winner of the DKB VR Art Prize and the I Certamen Internacional de Arte Digital; Dev Harlan, a NYFA Fellowship Finalist in Digital Media Arts; and Leah Smithson, who has previously collaborated with Apple on public art installations.
/SPATIAL can be previewed this Tuesday, 23rd April with a live artist-led tour of the Decentraland virtual installations. The NFTs drop on objkt.one on Thursday 25th April, with the exhibition at Tech Contemporary gallery, Copenhagen opening at 7pm CET the same day. View the virtual installations at OnCyber, Hyperfy and in Decentraland World 1 and World 2. More information can be found by following @objktone.
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