AND Festival 2017 \\ Peak District, UK \\ 21-24 September
Across four days, the festival saw a host of site-specific installations, world premieres and performances take-over the village of Castleton in the Peak District National Park. From satellites to neutrino observatories, fossilisation to free-fall, 2017’s festival programme revealed the earth’s layers, from the drone’s eye view to the sunshine-deprived depths of subterranean bunkers, exploring themes of verticality and deep time in a series of prophetic, provocative and uncanny reflections on the earth.
Abandon Normal Devices were proud to announce WATERLICHT for AND 2017, an ambitious and large-scale digital installation by Dutch Designer, Daan Roosegaarde with…
Read moreWaterlicht \ Daan Roosegaarde (2017)
Thu 21st Sep — Sat 23rd Sep 2017
Undercurrency Vault: 53.3414° N, 1.7921° W was a performative journey underground that wove together subterranean, sonic, and somatic histories. Experienced as a multi-sensory…
Read moreUndercurrency Vault: 53.3414° N, 1.7921° W \ AUDINT (2017)
Fri 22nd Sep — Sat 23rd Sep 2017
Indonesian artists, Ikbal Lubys and Tony Maryana produced a bespoke, sculptural musical instrument in response to the mouth of Peak Cavern. The…
Read moreThe Hive \ Ikbal Lubys & Tony Maryana (2017)
Fri 22nd Sep — Sun 24th Sep 2017
Electronic music producer and artist Mark Fell developed a new piece working with different geometric shapes, mathematical and notational systems, in light…
Read moreMark Fell \ Extensionless Thought Points (2017)
Fri 22nd Sep — Sun 1st Oct 2017
Festival goers joined professional caving instructor Adam Evans on a beginner’s session in Peak Cavern to learn the basics of caving, an…
Read moreCaving Tours (2017)
Sat 23rd Sep 2017
Electronic composer and artist Beatrice Dillon took up a residency in Peak Cavern during the AND Festival. Taking inspiration from Pauline Oliveros…
Read moreTaut Line \ Beatrice Dillon (2017)
Fri 22nd Sep — Sun 24th Sep 2017
We Dwell Below invited you to traverse the underground in this playful multi-user virtual reality (VR) installation. Transforming the everyday into the extraordinary,…
Read moreWe Dwell Below \ Ooni (2017)
Thu 21st Sep — Sun 24th Sep 2017
Data repositories are the great libraries of the day, but as our understanding of the world deepens the materials we need to…
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