Artists

HOLIDAY SPACE (2020) | Augmented Reality In the summer of 2020, Acute Art had the pleasure of presenting HOLIDAY SPACE, a free new AR work by KAWS. On Monday 17th August, in collaboration with All Rights Reserved, the artist launched this iconic COMPANION figure into space, in celebration of the character’s 20th anniversary. Using a sounding balloon, the KAWS:HOLIDAY […]

IMAGINARY FRIEND (2020) | Augmented Reality In collaboration with Acute Art, New York based artist, Nina Chanel Abney, launched her first global AR work, Imaginary Friend in the summer 2020. Imaginary Friend tells us of a story in which a character, reminiscent of a religious figure like a sage, tries to give a blessing to a friend, but […]

Gigant DOKU (2020) | Augmented Reality In collaboration with Acute Art, Lu Yang and BMW have presented a new AR work where “DOKU”, the artist’s digital avatar, takes over the physical world in the form of a giant dancing superhero.

Prototype of Maratus volans (peacock spider), Web of Life (2020) | for a real Augmented Reality This new experiment for a real Augmented Reality aims to bring our attention to spiderly lives, to cultivate “arts of noticing” the synanthropic spiders and webs with whom we share homes and the planet, but that we tend not to see, […]

(2020) | Augmented Reality For 2020, Bjarne Melgaard’s new AR project uses characters and motifs from his wider oeuvre, which reference a multitude of current and historical affairs; from the colonisation of The Democratic Republic of the Congo in Central Africa, to the international influence of Big Tech, as well as the recent removal of […]

AR-BEIT (2020) | Augmented Reality In the Autumn 2020, Acute Art produced AR-BEIT, a new augmented reality project in collaboration with Alicja Kwade.  Free to download via the Acute Art app, this series consists of four individual sculptures, in reference to works from the artist’s oeuvre, developed within this new medium. Unlike their physical counterparts, […]

WUNDERKAMMER (2020) | Augmented Reality WUNDERKAMMER is an intriguing collection of natural elements, small artworks, and experiments from the artist’s studio rendered in augmented reality. These AR collectibles meld the well-known with startling movement and unexpected actions – from a glowing sun and a shimmering rainbow to a cloud that emits rain. Some evoke contemplation […]

The Eternal Wave AR (2020) | Augmented Reality After premiering Cao Fei’s first virtual realty work, The Eternal Wave at The Serpentine Galleries, Acute Art has collaborated with the artist on an augmented reality version of the kitchen space in which The Eternal Wave begins. Continuing the artist’s exploration of virtual possibilities, this new iteration of the project […]