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Analog >> Digital Art

We all know what happens when content goes from analog-to-digital. In the case of music, we found ourselves tethered to our Ipods streaming Apple itunes in ‘01. When books went digital in ‘07, our Amazon Kindles became a necessity. That same year, we were finally able to stream our favorite Netflix movies. Soon after in ‘08, we were able to access our favorite TV shows on Hulu and our favorite music on Spotify.

It’s hard to imagine a time before we were able to enjoy the on-demand delivery of our favorite digital content yet in each case, in order to make that a reality, an entire ecosystem had to be developed to make the content easy to find, search, distribute and display.

The exact same thing is happening with art. What for centuries has been analog (paintings, drawings, sculptures etc.), has evolved to digital, made popular by artists’ easy access to sophisticated online tools.

Although digital art is already decades old (this year marks the 30th anniversary of the GIF), more and more artists are developing works meant to be experienced on screens and projectors yet they lack the tools needed to make that art available and accessible. How does an artist get a work from computer to wall to screen? How does someone discover a work of digital art?

With Niio, we aim to change all that so that anyone can experience digital art easily and simply, on-demand in any location, the same way you enjoy music, books, tv and movies.

Want to find out more about how you can find the world’s best digital art and instantly transform your space? Email us at [email protected] to find out more.

Featured image: Carla Gannis, Garden of Emoji Delights; Image Courtesy: TRANSFER Gallery

The Whitney Biennial ’17

This year’s Biennial marks the seventy-eight installment of the country’s longest-running survey of American art.

The event began as an annual exhibition in 1932, the first biennial was in 1973. The Whitney show is generally regarded as one of the leading shows in the art world, often setting or leading trends in contemporary art. It is known to have brought artists Georgia O’Keeffee, Jackson Pollock and Jeff Koons to prominence.

With 63 individuals and collectives featured, we were thrilled to see that 1/3 of the selected works (23) were media art works (e.g. videos, films, websites, games etc.) Some of our favorites:

Jon Kessler (performative sculpture w/ LCD screen & iPhone)
Tommy Hartung (video)
Jordan Wolfson (VR)
Post Commodity (4 channel video)
Maya Stovall (video)
Anicka Yi (video)
Oto Gillen (video)

See what some had to say about the show:

NYT: A User’s Guide to the Whitney Biennial
The New Yorker: The Whitney Biennial’s Political Mood
Forbes: 10 Artworks You Must See At the Whitney Biennial
Vulture: The New Whitney Biennial is the Most Political in Decades

Rhizome’s Seven-on-Seven @ NYC’s New Museum

Each year Rhizome presents Seven-on-Seven, a conference that pairs seven leading artists with seven luminary technologists, and challenges them to make something new together – be it an application, artwork, provocation, or whatever they imagine. They unveil their creations and discuss their process, at an intimate public event in NYC at the New Museum which the Niio team attended for the 2nd year in a row.

Read Rhizome’s feature story on the event.

Participants included:

Jason Musson (artist, performer, writer & filmmaker) and Jonah Peretti (Founder & CEO Buzzfeed)
Olia Lialina (artist) and Mike Tyka (Co-Founder of the Google Artist and Machine Intelligence Program)
Constant Dullart (artist) and Chris Paik (Partner, Thrive Capital)
Addie Wagenknecht (artist) and Cindy Gallop (Founder, ad agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty NY, Founder IfWeRanTheWorld.com and makelovenotporn.com)
Dis (Collaborative project for artists, designers, stylists and writers) and Rachel Haot (Managing Director at 1776; formerly Chief Digital Officer of the City of New York)
Miao Ying (artist) and Mehdi Yahyatnejad (Founder Balatarin.com and co-founder NetFreedom Pioneers)
Bunny Rodgers (artist & poet) and Nozlee Samadzadeh (Engineer @ Vox Media)

Rhizome

Rhizome is an art and technology organization based on the internet, and an affiliate organization of the New Museum. It supports contemporary art to create richer and more critical digital cultures, through programs online and off – including commissions, exhibitions, events, an online journal, and an archive of over 2000 born digital artworks.

Home of the Future Includes Digital Art

Niio Partners With Unruly and News Corp. at Their Connected Home of the Future in London

2,000 sq. ft. location features internet connected products (IoT) from leading consumer brands, design companies and startups showing what we can expect at the home of 2020 will see, hear, smell, taste and feel like, including Niio powered digital art experiences.

A kitchen that tells you what to cook based on ingredients in your fridge.
A hallway that plays songs and displays digital art that matches your mood.
A bedroom that tracks your sleep and helps you select outfits based on the weather.

Niio @ the Unruly House of 2020

Niio is at the forefront of Art & Technology able to securely deliver and display premium digital art On-Demand to any connected screen in the world, instantly creating custom immersive environments including:

Multiple screen and projector canvases showing video, interactive and real time ‘living’ computational media art works from a global network of artists and galleries.
Mobile device and voice activation, alongside automatic curation which could even select art works based on your mood.

For more information on transforming your environment, contact our digital art concierge at [email protected].

Read the press release.

Featured image (Top): Simon Gosling (Futurist) and Ad Age London editor Emma Hall Credit: Unruly; Digital Artwork: Refik Anadol, Wind of Boston / Fluid Structures.

NIIO in the News: Articles of Note

Read What Our Partners Are Saying About Niio:

At Niio, our goal has been to make the world’s best moving image art accessible, discoverable and easy to display. We’ve built out a global supply infrastructure together with industry leading partners so that we can enable a digital art installation on any type of screen or projector device, anywhere in the world, supplied, installed and running within a matter of days.

CE Pro:
Next Big Art Thing: ‘New Media’

“The opportunity in the art world has never been greater for A/V integrators, especially with a movement toward “new media art” comprising computer graphics, animations, virtual reality, interactivity and all other forms of “new media.”
>> Read more

CE Pro Europe:
Giant Leap For The Industry

“Barco Residential is confident that its offering with Niio can help take the industry to a whole new level, effectively becoming a ‘curator of experiences’ rather than simply a provider of technology products and services.”
>> Read more

NOTE: This was one of the TOP 10 most clicked on stories in April.

Whether you are interested in a premium media art installation for your home or office or you’d like to work with us as a Re-seller or Affiliate, please get in touch at [email protected].

Featured Image:

Barco Residential with Bitforms Gallery at Art Basel Miami featuring renowned artist Rafael Lozano- Hemmer’s Bilateral Time Slicer 2016 on Barco’s custom Direct LED digital canvas, highlighting their innovative approach to enabling unique new media art experiences in private residences. In the foreground you can see Rafael’s unique work Au Clair De La Lune 2016.

Niio Announces Global Hardware Partners

Niio is pleased to announce global partnerships with two of the world’s leading display hardware manufacturers, BARCO and Philips Display Solutions, as part of our ongoing commitment to enable the distribution, display and enjoyment of media artworks.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”2480″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][vc_column_text]These partnerships provide Niio customers with:

A range of high quality, optimized display solutions that are pre-integated with Niio’s 4K Art Player. Includes: High-end projectors, LCD displays (32″ – 98″), LED walls and video walls.

Global reach / local service – A worldwide infrastructure of local re-sellers and integrators who can ensure rapid supply, installation, training and on-site support.

Specific hardware packages powered by Niio will be available beginning June 2017. For more information contact [email protected].

WHAT THIS MEANS FOR DIGITAL ART
At Niio, our goal has been to make the world’s best moving image art accessible, discoverable and easy to display.

We’ve built out a global supply infrastructure together with industry leading partners so that we can enable a digital art installation on any type of screen or projector device, anywhere in the world, supplied, installed and running within a matter of days.

Want to learn more about how Niio’s hardware partners can help support and power digital art for you? Email us at [email protected].[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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