theVOV Season One Highlights with TF Chan

Editor of Wallpaper, TF Chan will be joined by theVOV’s co-creators as we look back at Season One.

TF will explore the realisation of theVOV, drilling down into why and how the initiative came about and also discuss the inherent collectivism that the project creates. theVOV’s creators will also discuss the capacity of theVOV as a tool to be used by all and look to how theVOV might look for Season Two and beyond.

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Art, Architecture and Community: Ibrahim Mahama, Sumayya Vally and the Whitworth Art Gallery

theVOV is joined by Artist Ibrahim Mahama, Architect Sumayya Vally, Alistair Hudson Director of The Whitworth and Senior Curator at the Whitworth Dominique Heyse-Moore, as they explore the ways in which we interact with art and architecture and the potential of designed spaces as catalysts for social engagement. Moderated by Director of The Whitworth and Manchester Art Gallery, Alistair Hudson.

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theVOV Unites | Creativity and the Mind: Bridging Art and Science

Art and science are often considered to be in opposition to each other; the subjective vs the objective, fact vs fiction. However, as we learn more about how the brain functions and begin to harness creative output to maximise its effect on the mind, new advances in both disciplines are bringing the two closer than ever before.

In this panel discussion, theVOV brings together psychologist and neuroscientist Daphna Shohamy and Vesna Petresin, transdisciplinary artist and thinker, to discuss the connection between art and the brain, touching on the role of narrative, construction, and memory in the creative process.

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theVOV Unites | Makers of the Metaverse

The Metaverse is a collective virtual shared space, created by the convergence of virtually enhanced physical reality and physically persistent virtual space, including the sum of all virtual worlds, augmented reality, and the Internet.

This event will explore how the metaverse’s dimensions range across artificial cyber creators that invent human culture, to humans that create exclusively cyber culture…

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theVOV Unites | Exploring Safe Space

theVOV is delighted to welcome Queercircle for an exploratory conversation about the future of safe digital spaces for LGBTQ+ people. Led by Queercircle Founder & Director Ashley Joiner, Gemma Rolls Bentley and artist Nuka Nayu, the panel will explore the potential for technology to provide safety beyond a physical world and the role that it can play in building a global inclusive community.

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An Evening of Collective Intimacy with The Showroom

Join us for an evening of programming courtesy of the Showroom.

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An Evening with Nottingham Contemporary

‘The stage as a home, the home as a stage’. This virtual workshop takes inspiration from Linder’s The House of Fame exhibition and her Chatsworth House residency (2017-18) as an invitation to explore the cultural influences and personal histories that make your ‘home’…

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Lunchtime Tour with The Photographer’s Gallery

Clare Grafik, Head of Exhibitions at The Photographer's Gallery recaptures Jan Svoboda's exhibition, first shown at the gallery in 1982.

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An Evening with Yinka Shonibare CBE RA

Join Clare Lilley of Yorkshire Sculpture Park in conversation with artist Yinka Shonibare CBE RA, where they delve into his landmark exhibition FABRIC-ATION (2013).

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Lunchtime Tour with Sarabande

Join co-curator Hikari Yokoyama as they take us on a tour of Sarabande’s show Corpus Mentis (2021) acting as a lens by which the viewer can peer into the world of exhibiting artists.

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Lunchtime Tour with The Showroom

Join us for an evening of programming courtesy of the Showroom.

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Lunchtime Tour with Turner Contemporary

Join artist Katie Paterson, Director of the Turner Contemporary Victoria Pomery OBE, and Senior Curator Fiona Parry, for a tour of Katie Paterson & JMW Turner: A place that exists only in moonlight (2019).

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theVOV Unites | FS x theVOV: Art is a Technology for Understanding

In a time of deep uncertainty, we turn to art to provide a new lens for understanding our present moment. After a turbulent and confusing year, artists are helping us make sense of the challenges our communities faced and how to move forward on a clear path. During this multimedia webinar, FS partners with theVOV’s new virtual arts ecosystem to connect the dots between art and the key cultural conversations of the moment…

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Lunchtime Tour with Nottingham Contemporary

Join Nottingham Contemporary Director, Sam Thorne, for a lunchtime tour of Linder's House of Fame. Uncover Linder's exploration of 'fame', inspired by a Chaucer dream poem, where the goddess Fame can hear everything in the world.

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Lunchtime Tour with Goldsmiths CCA

Join curator Natasha Hoare, as we take a deeper look at Goldsmith CCA's revival on theVOV of Tony Cokes' vibrant video works and hear a polyphony of voices.

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Lunchtime Tour with Tate

Join Clarrie Wallis, Senior Curator of Contemporary Art at Tate, for a tour of Art Now: Lisa Brice on theVOV.

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An Evening With South London Gallery

theVOV Presents An in conversation with Carol Eliel, Margot Heller and Yayoi Shionoiri

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Lunchtime Tour with Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Join YSP Director, Clare Lilley, for a Q&A surrounding Yinka Shonibare CBE's Wind Sculpture VII.

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An Evening with Sarabande

An Evening with Sarabande x theVOV: Avatar Life Drawing Workshop with Shannon Bono and Auroboros.

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Lunchtime Tour with The Whitworth

Join Alistair Hudson and Dominique Heyse-Moore, as they take us on a tour of theVOV's presentation of The Whitworth's virtual exhibition 'Ibrahim Mahama: Parliament of Ghosts'.

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