Hong Kong Harbour Transformed Into a Major Immersive Art Experience

In partnership with Sino Group, Niio transformed two of Hong Kong’s largest screens into digital, public art installations. The facades of prominent Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui Centre (76m x 39m) and Empire Centre (35m x 39m) are showcasing the winning submissions of the Sino x Niio Illumination Art Prizes, a competition opened to emerging digital artists who were invited to submit artworks in the themes of Artistic Blessing and New Life. The competition was held in collaboration with Sino Group, the Hong Kong-based property developer. 

Artwork: Daniel Belton and Good Company Art, OneOne


“We live in a fast-paced, commercially noisy world with countless screens across our urban environments, and no more so than in major cities like Hong Kong”, says Rob Anders, Co-Founder & CEO of Niio. “In trying to reach and inspire people everywhere through memorable and meaningful ‘Digital Art experiences’, we are thrilled to partner with Sino Group for the Illumination Art Prize. It is these types of public art interventions that are driving an entirely new visual culture.

The winning artwork was created by Daniel Belton and Good Company Arts for the theme Artistic Blessing. Their work, OneOne invokes a sense of ancient culture, an archetype being unearthed through real-world experience that is timeless and contemporary. For the theme New Life, Krehel Race won first place for his work The Spring Shrine representing a world where technology has allowed us to return to our natural surroundings and to find a true Zen space, away from the chaos. 


“Sino Group is delighted to have collaborated with Niio on this ground-breaking international digital art project. We were thoroughly impressed with the exceptional content of work we received, with artists from 39 countries participating. We hope visitors enjoy the outstanding illuminations on the façade of these Hong Kong landmarks during the festive season,” said Nikki Ng, Group General Manager of Sino Group.

The Illumination Art Prize competition is part of Niio’s drive to inspire people around the world, making it easy to experience curated digital art across living, working and public spaces. In doing so, they are connecting large developers and businesses with their communities, supporting artists everywhere and providing them with a platform to present their art creations across urban environments. Niio is creating a positive alternative to the digital advertising noise of modern cities.

For the complete list of winners please visit: www.niiolab.com/sino-announcement

The Sino x Niio Illumination Art Prozes was recognised by the judging panel of British travel magazine LUXlife as the “Best Creative Festive Lighting Program in Asia” in the 2019 Travel & Tourism Awards; and in the prestigious Astrid Awards, the campaign received the Gold Awards in the “Holiday Event” category and was further selected as one of the Grand Award winners.

Digital Art Powers Workspaces in 2019

Inspiring creativity at work through New Media Art

  • Written by Natalie Stone

The seismic shift in the way we work has made the last decade feel as though many businesses are finally focussed on their most important asset – their people. Allowing the workforce to play a role in dictating how, where and when we work demonstrates the true value that leaders are placing on their staff. Endless research has shown that a happy workforce breeds increased productivity and companies worldwide are taking note. Businesses are constantly striving to enhance working environments with unique experiences – a telling and effective tribute to this trend. Many companies have turned to art and design to connect their people and customers to their story or brand and to inspire creativity.

Artwork: Alex McLeod, Walking Seasons // Photo: Or Kaplan

A study conducted by The Harvard Journal of Workplace Learning shows that employees believe art promotes social interactions, elicits emotional responses, facilitates personal connection-making, generally enhances the workplace environment and fosters learning. It also tells us that art which directly relates to the organization’s mission, and diverse art collections generate deeper engagement for employees and customers.

Digital art is a key component in this shift and Niio is at its cusp. As art advances beyond the white walls of galleries and museums into commercial, private and public spaces, Niio is harnessing this trend through collaborations with cutting-edge designers, venues and artists.

Galvanized by the idea that moving images can change in real-time and are often influenced by current events or incoming data, Niio has collaborated with artist Refik Anadol to power his groundbreaking work. Anadol’s coded piece of art changes based on real-time wind patterns in Linz, turning a screen into an ever-changing living artwork, lauded by critics and art-lovers.

Refik Anadol, Wind of Linz

Anadol and Niio’s partnership demonstrates the potential of digital art to incorporate interactive works and kinetic and rotating exhibitions, creating engaging spaces throughout time. The possibilities are endless.

Meet in Place, another of Niio’s partners, is a meeting room focused start-up, bringing curated rotating collections of fine digital art to high-end meeting space locations in New York, London and Tel Aviv, powered by Niio.

Artwork: Zeitguised, Void Season // Photo: Tom Mannion

The digital age is well and truly here. Screens are everywhere – on office walls, building facades and in open public spaces. With all this digital noise comes a unique opportunity for artists to take their work beyond its traditional realms by turning screens into a memorable and magical experience – at home, in places of leisure and at work. Niio is helping artists make the magic happen.

Committed to enabling seamless access to the world’s finest gallery quality video and interactive media art, screened on digital canvases across the world, Niio transforms and enhances workplaces to create engaging and inspiring environments.

The team at Niio collaborates with designers, bringing them together with the best fine digital art in the world and helping them deliver and display their work. With a network of over 1,500 artists, curators and galleries and a portfolio of over 9,000 premium artworks on our platform, Niio is a game-changer in an evolving realm.

Niio at ISE

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We are pleased to announce that for the 3rd year in a row, Niio will be at Integrated Systems Europe (ISE), the largest AV and systems integration show in the world.

As part of our commitment to making digital art accessible, Niio is working with display hardware manufacturers as well as a global channel of AV integrators and designers to ensure that commercial and residential locations can easily access and experience high quality digital art on-demand.

Together with Barco Residential, PhilipsGenesis Technologies and Kramer Electronics we will be activating at four distinct  locations throughout the fair.   

At each location, we will be showing a curated selection of digital art, demonstrating  the Niio delivery and display platform and explaining how we work with AV integrators, consultants and design partners.

Of course we understand that digital art cannot be limited to any specific format, screen size or resolution and as such, these hardware and installation relationships, ensure that together with Niio, any type of digital art canvas can be perfectly created, installed and set up.


NIIO ACTIVATIONS AT ISE

VIP LOUNGE (Room E-108)

The Lounge is a collaborative initiative between Niio, Genesis Technologies, Philips & Steinway, all  businesses that marry technology with design with the sole mission of raising the standard for the homes of today and tomorrow.  Learn more.

JOIN US FOR ART & DRINKS at the VIP LOUNGE

5-6pm daily
Request an invitation.
Schedule a meeting with us in advance. 

THE PHILIPS BOOTH (Hall 10-K170, 10-H170)

We are proud to say that the newest Philips 4K Professional Displays (32″ – 98″) are available globally with Niio’s 4K Art Player pre-integrated and ready to use.  Please join us at the Philips booth to experience Niio.

THE BARCO RESIDENTIAL BOOTH (E107)

Niio art will be showcased on Barco’s high quality projectors across a triptych of LED tiles.  Don’t miss this installation!

THE KRAMER ELECTRONICS LTD BOOTH (1-F20)

Come see how Kramer’s innovative professional AV products for Corporate environments can be used to deliver and display high quality digital art.

 

Niio at NADA Art Fair with AES+F

Niio Powers Events 

This winter ’17, NYC’s TRANSFER Gallery selected Niio to power its presentation of AES+F’s newest work ‘Inverso Mundus’ (The World Is Upside Down).  AES+F achieved worldwide recognition and acclaim in the Russian Pavilion at the 52nd Venice Biennale.

Together with our hardware partner, Barco Residential, who generously provided one of its top of the line professional 4k projectors, the work was displayed 16ft x 10ft using Niio’s ArtPlayer and Remote Control App.  The booth drew huge crowds and garnered widespread praise:

 

“At any given moment during the VIP preview, it was literally overflowing with people craning their necks to catch a glimpse of AES+Fs 38-minute video, projected wall to wall.”Artspace 

“Stunning video installation.”Artsy

“Crowds were squeezing into the booth to watch.”ArtNews

“Every time I walked by the booth, the viewing area was filled with fairgoers, frozen by the epic tableaux.”Hyperallergic

“A true highlight of the fair.”ArtFCity

 

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“Crowds were squeezing into the booth to watch.”ArtNews

“Every time I walked by the booth, the viewing area was filled with fairgoers, frozen by the epic tableaux.”Hyperallergic

“A true highlight of the fair.”ArtFCity

Niio Live in London @ TLV in LDN Festival

 

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For four days in September, the magic of Tel Aviv will be transported to London. Dubbed the ‘Miami of the Middle East’, this vibrant Israeli city is a rising cosmopolitan metropolis of food, art, fashion and nightlife.

Bringing the best of the city to the UK, TLV in LDN offers a unique opportunity to experience the rich cultural landscape of Tel Aviv in London.

Niio Manage™

This This year, TLVinLND selected the Niio Manage™ platform to power the festival’s media arts program from open call submissions all the way through to exhibiting a final selection of video works at the event.

Over 250 Israeli artists submitted art works to the Niio platform which were reviewed by curator Marie Shek and artist Ori Gersht.  Six works were selected to be shown on dedicated screens at the 5 day event using the Niio ArtPlayer alongside additional curated selections from some of Israel’s leading artists.

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TLVinLDN VIP EVENT: A New ToolBox, Where Technology & Art Connect

As part of the festival, Outset, Start-Up National Central and the Paul Singer Foundation will be hosting an exclusive evening of “Art & Technology” in London for leading art world figures, where Niio will be presented as ‘the’ company to enable the global video and media art market.

 

Featured image: Eyal Gever, Piece of Ocean, 2014. @eyalgever

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.

 

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