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Residency: calling all digital artists and new media technologists!

In partnership with Goldsmiths University, arebyte is hosting an in person 4-month residency in London for new media technology artists, researchers and creatives. The programme provides:

🟢 a free desk space in arebyte Studios in London City Island
🟣 curatorial support and guidance,
🟢 £1,000 stipend
🟣 access to Goldsmiths University fabrication facilities.

If you work with digital mediums like Net.Art, AI, VR, or digital sound, this residency offers a valuable opportunity to explore, create, research, or plan a specific project or focus on research and development. We welcome applications from individuals with or without a formal education.

❗ Open call deadline: 30 Sep 2024, 11:59pm
🗓 Residency dates: 15 Nov 2024 - 15 Mar 2025

https://www.arebyte.com/digital-art-residency

Train an AI model to generate your desired image style in our upcoming Digital Training Sessions!

We’re welcoming back artist, researcher and lecturer James Irwin to lead our next beginner workshop series on AI image generating, offering new levels of control over text-to-image AI systems. Participants will build a small dataset of stylised images and accompanying alt-text descriptions for fine-tuning a Stable Diffusion LoRA (Low-Rank Adaptation) model.

These two Saturday sessions are an opportunity to interrogate what happens when we insert a slice of local human decision making back into the process of creating imagery with AI.

Book your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ai-aesthetics-and-fine-tuning-ai-models-workshop-for-beginners-tickets-995353066817?aff=oddtdtcreator

🗓️ Date: 21 & 28 Sep 2024⁠
⏰ Time: 10 am - 12:00 pm⁠
📍 Location: arebyte Gallery, 7 Botanic Square, E14 0LG⁠
🎫 Cost: £25 for whole series⁠
💻 Visit the link in bio for specific session requirements.⁠

One more week until the ‘Fragments of a Panorama’ curated tour!

Get unique insights into the curator’s vision for our current immersive exhibition by artists Murthovic and Thiruda, as London-based Indian artist-curator, writer, and folk dancer Kinnari Saraiya takes you on a tour.

Delve into each artwork and uncover themes of destruction, construction, and reparation that bridge generations past and future. ‘Fragments of a Panorama’ seamlessly blends advanced AI technology with traditional Indian aesthetics through film, XR works, video games, and sculpture. Kinnari's unique curatorial perspectives on trans-altern and post-humanist thinking from the Global South have profoundly influenced the artists’ experimental approach.

This is a great opportunity to experience the exhibition and ask any questions that may arise.

🗓 Wed 28th August 2024, 6:30-7:30pm⁠
📍arebyte Gallery, 7 Botanic Square, E14 0LG⁠
🎟️ Free, book your ticket via the link in bio⁠
📸 Sachin Soni

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fragments-of-a-panorama-curated-tour-tickets-966239748097

Young creators have launched into designing their own games!

Workshop facilitator .ubl Joseph Whitmore has kicked off the first three sessions of our XYZ artistic gaming programme for young people. The 13 to 16-year-old participants are developing their own 2D Game Boy style game, exploring ideas around technology and the digital age, as well as learning about the industry side of video games.

So far, they’ve brainstormed ideas for their game worlds and characters and have started using softwares GB Studio, Piskel, and Tiled to bring their visions to life. The participants have made a great start to working creatively using digital tools.

Stay tuned to see their final works!

📸 Norika Pacarada

Missed the ‘Fragments of a Panorama’ curated tour on Saturday?

We’ve got another tour with the curator behind the exhibition, Kinnari Saraiya, coming up on Wednesday 28 August! Come along and get unique insights into the curatorial vision for our current immersive exhibition by artists Murthovic and Thiruda.

‘Fragments of a Panorama’ blends advanced AI technology with traditional Indian aesthetics through film, XR works, video games, and sculpture. During the tour, Kinnari will delve into each artwork, exploring themes of destruction, construction, and reparation that connect generations past and future. Her curatorial perspectives on trans-altern and post-humanist thinking from the Global South have deeply influenced the artists’ experimental approach.

This is a great opportunity to ask questions and gain a deeper contextual understanding of the show.

🗓 Wed 28th August 2024, 6:30-7:30pm⁠
📍arebyte Gallery, 7 Botanic Square, E14 0LG⁠
🎟️ Free, book your ticket here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fragments-of-a-panorama-curated-tour-tickets-966239748097?aff=oddtdtcreator
📸 Devika Bilimoria

⛓ Today on the Artist Chain: Zelikha Zohra Shoja
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🔗 https://aos.arebyte.com/contents/zelikha-zohra-shoja-bibi-amir/
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Invited by Fatemeh Afimoh Kazemi, Zelikha is presenting the work:⁠
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Bibi Amir (2021)⁠
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An ancestral remembrance through haunted bodies. A family gathers to remember a deceased matriarch. Despite a lack of material remnants to trace her life, the family recollect on their shared memories and ultimately reveal an unknowability of her silent life.
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Tour ‘Fragments of a Panorama’ with the exhibition’s curator this Saturday!

Led by London-based Indian artist-curator, writer, and folk dancer Kinnari Saraiya, this tour offers unique insights into the curatorial vision for our current immersive exhibition by artists Murthovic and Thiruda.

‘Fragments of a Panorama’ blends advanced AI technology with traditional Indian aesthetics through film, XR works, video games, and sculpture. During the tour, Kinnari will delve into each artwork, exploring themes of destruction, construction, and reparation that connect generations past and future. Her curatorial perspectives on trans-altern and post-humanist thinking from the Global South have deeply influenced the artists’ experimental approach.

This is a great opportunity to ask questions and gain a deeper contextual understanding of the show.

🗓 Sat 10th August 2024, 1:30-2:30pm⁠
📍arebyte Gallery, 7 Botanic Square, E14 0LG⁠
🎟️ Free, book your ticket here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fragments-of-a-panorama-curated-tour-tickets-966173259227
📸 Sachin Soni

Read the ‘Fragments of a Panorama’ booklet to get further insights into the exhibition

‘Fragments of a Panorama’ by Thiruda and Murthovic blends advanced AI technology with traditional Indian aesthetics to explore themes of destruction, construction, and reparation, connecting us to generations past and future.

Access the digital exhibition booklet designed by Camilla Does on our website or come down to the gallery to acquire your copy!

In the booklet:
🟣 Curatorial text by Kinnari Saraiya, expanding on the themes of the exhibition
🔵 Descriptions of the three protagonist characters within the artworks and their quest to piece together lost fragments of South Asian culture
🟣 Examples of prompts that were fed into the AI generator by the artists
🔵 Context and elaborations on each artwork within the show
🟣 A dialogue between producer, curator and artist, Siddharth Khajuria and the artists about inheritance, coincidence and intention.

🗓 Open Tuesday - Sunday 1 - 6pm until 13 Oct 2024
📍arebyte Gallery, 7 Botanic Square, E14 0LG⁠
🎟️ Free, no booking required

Curated by Kinnari Saraiya

https://www.arebyte.com/fragments-of-a-panorama

Come along to a curated tour of ‘Fragments of a Panorama’ next Saturday!

Led by London-based Indian artist-curator, writer, and folk dancer Kinnari Saraiya, this tour offers unique insights into the curatorial vision for our current immersive exhibition by artists Murthovic and Thiruda.

‘Fragments of a Panorama’ seamlessly blends advanced AI technology with traditional Indian aesthetics through film, XR works, video games, and sculpture. During the tour, Kinnari will delve into each artwork, exploring themes of destruction, construction, and reparation that connect us to generations past and future. Her curatorial perspectives on trans-altern and post-humanist thinking from the Global South have deeply influenced the artists’ experimental approach.

This is a great opportunity to ask questions and gain a deeper contextual understanding of the show.

🗓 Sat 10th August 2024, 1.30-2:30pm⁠
📍arebyte Gallery, 7 Botanic Square, E14 0LG⁠
🎟️ Free, book here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fragments-of-a-panorama-curated-tour-tickets-966173259227?aff=oddtdtcreator
📸 Devika Bilimoria⁠

Create your own video game with Sirlute and arebyte this weekend!

Aimed at young creators aged 13-16, we have an exciting 4-part game design workshop series starting this Saturday. Led by workshop facilitator Joseph Whitmore, participants will develop their own 2D Game Boy style game using GB Studio, explore ideas around technology and the digital age, and dive into the industry side of video games, learning how to pitch, publish, and promote their creations.

If you know someone who might be interested, please spread the word! Parents and/or guardians won't need to accompany their children as Sirlute's staff are trained to work with young people.

🗓️ Date: 27 July, 3, 10, 17 August 2024⁠ (participants must be able to attend all sessions)
⏰ Time: 11 am - 5 pm⁠
📍 Location: arebyte Gallery, 7 Botanic Square, E14 0LG⁠ for the first session, thereafter Sirlute Studios, 24 Botanic Square, London E14 0LH
💻 https://www.arebyte.com/-events/game-development-youth-workshops

A spotlight on India for South Asian Heritage Month with our immersive exhibition ‘Fragments of a Panorama’!

Today, we're celebrating India with our current exhibition ‘Fragments of a Panorama,’ created by visual artist Thiruda and musician Murthovic, guest curated by Kinnari Saraiya. Through remixing, fragmenting and reimagining archival Indian cultural traditions, such as the classical Indian dance, Bharatanatyam, ‘Fragments of a Panorama’ is an immersive exhibition that blends advanced technology with traditional Indian aesthetics, connecting us to generations past and future.

This month you can attend a wide array of events in the UK to learn more about South Asian culture and heritage. Find out more on The South Asian Heritage Trust's website about the contributions of South Asian communities to British society, through education, arts, culture, and commemoration.

https://southasianheritage.org.uk/

‘Fragments of a Panorama’ is open at arebyte Gallery until 13 October 2024, from 1 - 6pm.⁠

https://www.arebyte.com/fragments-of-a-panorama

⛓ Today on the Artist Chain: Fatemeh Afimoh Kazemi: ⁠
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🔗 https://aos.arebyte.com/contents/fatemeh-afimoh-kazemi-poor-knee-trigger-finger/
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Invited by Xheneta Imeri, Fatemeh is presenting the work:⁠
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Poor Knee; Trigger Finger (2023)
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"Poor Knee; Trigger Finger" is a nonlinear visual narrative exploring the complex intersection of identity and gender through fragmented memories of indeterminate bodies. Grounded in exploring the body during moments of internal forgetfulness—instances meant to remain untouched, with ghosts of the past trying to bury them in history’s dark cave, destined to be forgotten.
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Follow cultural cyborg Meenakshi as she pieces together lost fragments of South Asian culture

Step into the world of ‘Fragments of a Panorama,’ an immersive exhibition by Murthovic and Thiruda, that blends advanced technology with traditional Indian aesthetics through film, XR works, video games, and sculpture.

This unique experience takes visitors on a journey through a future India set in 2079 where global culture has become extinct, leaving behind only fragments of once-thriving traditions. Join cultural cyborg Meenakshi, and her two companions, media expert Thiruda and salvager and musical instrument collector Murthovic as they embark on a quest to preserve India’s heritage through bridging a gap between old and new technologies and focusing on art, dance, music and architecture.

‘Fragments of a Panorama’ is open at arebyte Gallery until 13 Oct 2024, Tuesday - Sunday from 1 - 6pm.⁠

https://www.arebyte.com/fragments-of-a-panorama

Introducing Kinnari Saraiya, curator of ‘Fragments of a Panorama’

We invited Kinnari, a London-based Indian artist-curator, writer and folk dancer, to curate ‘Fragments of Panorama’ by Murthovic and Thiruda, our upcoming exhibition launching this Thursday.

Kinnari brings her curatorial perspectives on the trans-altern and post-humanist thinking of the Global South to the project. Her expertise in creating intersectional and interdependent structures perfectly complements the artists’ experimental artistic approach of merging advanced technology with traditional Indian aesthetics, creating a unique blend of digital storytelling and cultural preservation through film, interactive experiences, video games, and sculpture.

Born in 1998, Kinnari has already achieved remarkable milestones, including an Honorary Mention in Computer Animation at Prix Ars Electronica, and her recent appointment as a full-time curator at Somerset House. We are thrilled to be working with such an accomplished and visionary individual!

‘Fragments of Panorama’ upcoming events:

🗓 Opening Party: Thu 11th July 2024, 6.30pm⁠

Celebrate the opening of ‘Fragments of a Panorama’, a chapter within the artists’ joint transmedia electronica performance project ‘Elsewhere in India’. Through remixing, fragmenting and reimagining archival Indian cultural traditions, ‘Fragments of a Panorama’ explores themes of destruction, construction, and reparation, connecting us to generations past and future.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fragments-of-a-panorama-by-murthovic-and-thiruda-opening-party-tickets-925865026217?aff=oddtdtcreator

🗓 Artist & Curator Tour with Live AV Performance: Sat 13th July 2024, 4.30-6:30pm

Get insights into digital technology and speculative futures in this tour of the exhibition led by the artists and guest curator Kinnari Saraiya, followed by a live DJ performance by Murthovic with exclusive supporting visuals by Thiruda.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fragments-of-a-panorama-artist-curator-tour-with-live-av-performance-tickets-932272491117?aff=odeimcmailchimp&mc_cid=e536a2bf84

📍arebyte Gallery, 7 Botanic Square, E14 0LG⁠
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Meet the Artists of ‘Fragments of a Panorama’

To kick off our exhibition ‘Fragments of a Panorama’ next week, we’ve got two events coming up with the artists behind the project, musician Murthovic and visual artist Thiruda, pioneers in India's electronic music and new media art scene:

🗓 Opening Party: 11th July 2024, 6.30-9pm

Celebrate the opening of the immersive exhibition ‘Fragments of a Panorama’, a chapter within the artists’ joint project ‘Elsewhere in India’ which merges advanced technology with traditional Indian aesthetics, creating a unique blend of digital storytelling and cultural preservation through film, interactive experiences, video games, and sculpture. ‘Fragments of a Panorama’ explores themes of destruction, construction, and reparation, connecting us to generations past and future.⁠

🎟️ Free, book here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fragments-of-a-panorama-by-murthovic-and-thiruda-opening-party-tickets-925865026217

🗓 Artist & Curator Tour with Live AV Performance: 13th July 2024, 4.30-6:30pm

Get insights into digital technology and speculative futures in this tour of the exhibition led by the artists and guest curator Kinnari Saraiya, followed by a live DJ performance by Murthovic with exclusive supporting visuals by Thiruda.

🎟️ Free, book here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fragments-of-a-panorama-artist-curator-tour-with-live-av-performance-tickets-932272491117

📍arebyte Gallery, 7 Botanic Square, E14 0LG

Seeking an affordable studio space? Attend a group viewing in Peckham Thursday 4 July at 10:30am⁠
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Explore our creative hub at 765 Old Kent Road, SE15 1NZ, where we have affordable studios ranging from 67 to 495 sqft.⁠
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Prices start from £84 per month, all-inclusive. This opportunity is available until December. Find the price list and floor plan on our website, where you can also sign up for the viewing. Please arrive promptly for the tour as the building requires a key for entry, and latecomers may not be able to join. ⁠
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https://www.arebyte.com/available-studios
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⛓ Today on the Artist Chain: Xheneta Imeri: ⁠
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🔗 https://www.arebyte.com/artist-chain-11
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Invited by Alexandra Sheherazade Salem, Xheneta is presenting the work:⁠
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Bout-du-monde (2023)⁠
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Xheneta Imeri explores notions of the limit, the body, transmission, wounds, fears and healing. Accompanied by her father, they travel together, both physically and poetically, to the “Bout-du-Monde”. They film each other, creating a visual dialogue. She also tackles questions about immigration, the difficulties it can bring, and how to deal with them. She talks about why immigrants often have to work twice as hard to succeed, and how they can rebuild their lives by rebuilding their city. Indeed, she also talks about how her father built buildings in their town.
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Seeking an affordable studio space? Attend a group viewing in Peckham Thursday June 20 at 10:30am⁠
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Explore our creative hub at 765 Old Kent Road, SE15 1NZ, where we have 14 affordable studios remaining, ranging from 67 to 495 sqft.⁠
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Prices start from £84 per month, all-inclusive. This opportunity is available until December. Find the price list and floor plan on our website, where you can also sign up for the viewing. Please arrive promptly for the tour as the building requires a key for entry, and latecomers may not be able to join. ⁠
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https://www.arebyte.com/available-studios
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Seeking an affordable studio space? Attend a group viewing in Peckham tomorrow at 10:30am
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Explore our creative hub at 765 Old Kent Road, SE15 1NZ, where we have 14 affordable studios remaining, ranging from 67 to 495 sqft.⁠ If you can’t make this viewing, we have another on Thursday June 20! Please refer to the website for timings.
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Prices start from £84 per month, all-inclusive. This opportunity is available until December. Find the price list and floor plan on our website, where you can also sign up for the viewing. Please arrive promptly for the tour as the building requires a key for entry, and latecomers may not be able to join. ⁠
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https://www.arebyte.com/available-studios
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Meet arebyte’s new production manager: Adriana Navarro

Hailing from Australia, Adriana brings a wealth of knowledge about digital worldbuilding, innovative art practices, and creative experimentation. She has produced large-scale installations for leading arts festivals, exhibitions for internationally acclaimed artists, and socially-driven art projects. Her background using UX/UI practices will bring new ideas to arebyte’s online curation, driving innovation using new technologies.

Currently working closely with Elsewhere In India on arebyte’s next exhibition opening this summer July 11, we’re excited to have Adriana on board and look forward to the new heights her skills and vision will bring to our projects!

⛓ Today on the Artist Chain: Alexandra Sheherazade Salem: ⁠

🔗 https://www.arebyte.com/artist-chain-11
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Invited by Matthieu La-Brossard, Alexandra is presenting the work:⁠
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jāt khāli (2024)
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jāt khāli: farsi translates as ‘your seat is empty’; it is addressed to someone who is missed, or is missing. Written from the artist’s personal fragmented family narratives, this video work is a meditation on life perspective and hardship through the emotional labour of separation and loss, in the context of exile.⁠
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Seeking an affordable studio space? Attend a group viewing in Peckham Wednesday June 5 at 10am or Thursday June 6 at 10:30am
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Explore our creative hub at 765 Old Kent Road, SE15 1NZ, where we offer 40 affordable studios ranging from 67 to 495 sqft.⁠
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Prices start from £84 per month, all-inclusive. This opportunity is available until December. Find the price list and floor plan on our website, where you can also sign up for the viewing. Please arrive promptly for the tour as the building requires a key for entry, and latecomers may not be able to join. ⁠
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https://www.arebyte.com/available-studios
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More Digital Training Sessions to come!

Thank you to those who attended our AI Image Generation Workshop with Stable Diffusion led by artist James Irwin. Have a look at some of the unique outcomes.

We have more sessions coming autumn this year:
🟣 Arduino programming for designing interactive systems with Physical Computing lecturer Robert Hall
🟣 AI art-making using Stable Diffusion with artist James Irwin
🟣 Unreal Engine 5 for fine art practice with artist James B. Stringer
🟣 Creative coding in p5.js p5 with artist Phoenix Perry

Image 1 by Jake Buckley
Image 2 by Rose Nordin
Image 3 by Estela Oliva

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