New Realities is an eight week exhibition at Mobile World Centre Barcelona curated by Alpha-ville. The exhibition forms part of Music + Arts an international showcase of new trends in music, art and digital culture organised by Mobile World Capital in partnership with Movistar, and in collaboration with Alpha-ville. The show features the work of 30 international artists, designers and musicians. Running until 13 December, both the exhibition and its parallel programme of events, explore the current digital art and cultural landscape, and reflect on concepts brought by the integration of digital into our society.

Herman Kolgen – Seismik_Index, 2014

Sougwen Chung – Mytheme Etude Op.4, 2013

The exhibition features work from Herman Kolgen, Sougwen Chung, Mark Dorf, Varvara Guljajeva & Mar Canet and many other talented creatives. There’s much to see with installations ranging from print to interactive and from music videos to web experiments. There are also several showcases around the digital arts, tangible objects, music and art apps and generative art. If you’re in Barcelona, don’t miss Beyond Music + Arts (13 December), a symposium around digital technology and innovation in music and art which runs as part of the New Realities parallel programme.

Beyond Music + Arts – Image: Felix Faire

New Realities Preview:

New Realities runs at Mobile World Centre until 13 December.

For more from New Realities, see this Recommends feature from Varvara Guljajeva & Mar Canet. Stay tuned for more features from New Realities in the coming weeks.

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Alpha-­ville EXCHANGE features a day programme packed with presentations, talks and social events alongside a music programme in the evening for attendees to network and enjoy. Sougwen Chung (鍾愫君) is a Canadian-­born, Chinese­-raised, and Brooklyn­-based artist who will present work at EXCHANGE. Here she tells us more about her practice.

I am an interdisciplinary artist exploring the intersection of art and technology. My artistic practice is informed by my background as a violinist and fine artist and explores ways in which artistic expression can be augmented through technology.

I am interested in inventing new processes of making by hybridizing emerging and established art-forms. To date, my work spans installation, sculpture, still image, drawing, and performance. By working within these mediums, it is my intent to grow a multi-faceted approach to experiential art.

My practice iterates on the expressive agency of form catalyzed with software, sound, light, and space. Recently, my focus has been on creating installations involving multiple layers of light on intricate structures, taking a variety of media and transforming them into spacial experiences.

My work has been featured in exhibitions in North America, Europe and Asia. Recent venues include the Museum of Contemporary Art in Geneva, Switzerland and 319 Scholes in Brooklyn, New York. Additionally, Chung has been featured in The New Yorker, Dazed and Confused, Cool Hunting and The Creators Project.

Please visit here for the full Alpha-ville Exchange programme.

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