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Shortly after bringing a reflective "Orb" to the Pyramids of Giza, SpY Studio launches another conceptual installation at the Llum BCN Festival of lights in Barcelona. Titled the "MONOLITH," the exhibition features a towering rectangular screen that explores humanity's relationship with screens and data."MONOLITH" takes inspiration from the extraterrestrial black cuboid in Stanley Kubrick’s classic film 2001: A Space Odyssey — an unknown object that came into contact with humans to provoke an evolutionary leap in cognitive capacity. The installation draws a link between the monolith in the movie to mobile phone screens and other screens that surround us on a daily basis."The screen’s potential for disruptive, emancipatory endeavours and for the circulation of genuine ideas is obscured by a...

With events taking place in every corner of the city — artists, galleries and collectors from around the globe descended in Los Angeles for the highly-anticipated return of Frieze and Felix Art Fair. Now going on its fourth edition in LA, many questions circulated around Frieze's new location at the Santa Monica Airport. 'Was it too far West and how would it affect attendance with the satellite events in Hollywood and further east?' As with most commutes in and around LA, traffic into Frieze was bumper-to-bumper and parking, as well as calling an Uber or Lyft after the event, was equally as troublesome. Despite the somewhat surprising dip in weather and the longer than usual traffic, the reception was nothing short of electric as dealers reported resounding success throughout the duration ...

At the Pérez Art Museum in Miami, Yayoi Kusama is preparing to restage her famous, polka-dot-filled exhibition, titled LOVE IS CALLING. From March 9, 2023, to February 11, 2024, the psychedelic showcase, which first premiered in Japan in 2013, will light up the Floridian gallery with all of Kusama's quintessential motifs.The dark, reflective space will continue the legendary Japanese artist's famous Infinity Mirror Rooms series in its largest form to date. Inflatable, tentacle-like structures, dotted with emblematic black spots, will light the exhibition in gradually changing kaleidoscopic hues, extending out from the floor and the ceiling to cultivate an immersive experience.As visitors walk through the installation, Kusama's voice will recite the poem that inspired the exhibition, also t...