The Electronic Hydra
IN ‘PRINT’
IN MAYFAIR
INVISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Since 2019, Daniel Birnbaum, Artistic Director of Acute Art, has been working with renowned international artists to produce and exhibit compelling, cutting-edge visual artworks in Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and Mixed Reality (MR)
As Guest Editor of this special edition of CATALOGUE, Birnbaum describes the Electronic Hydra, while considering by Marcel Duchamp the anticipation of virtual space
CATALOGUE 5.0 is a seen/unseen hybrid object, virtual and physical, in print and through the portal of your phone
Featuring new AR artworks by:
Precious Okoyomon
Julie Curtiss
Koo Jeong A
Tomás Saraceno
In conversation:
Cerith Wyn Evans, debuting an ongoing manuscript
Julie Curtiss
Elizabeth Diller
Space and Place: Remarks on a Digital Chrono-topology by Yuk Hui
The Electronic Hydra: Sketches for an Exhibition by Hans Ulrich Obrist
Electronic Hydra Prelude runs on Cork Street until 5 December 2021
The works carried by the magazine appear wherever you are
CATALOGUE 5.0: THE ELECTRONIC HYDRA
GUEST EDITOR DANIEL BIRNBAUM
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF DEAN MAYO DAVIES
EXECUTIVE EDITOR GILLIAN McVEY
ART DIRECTOR TOM HINGSTON
PRINT PURE PRINT
OCTOBER 2021
With special thanks to: Irene Due, Snowy Hanbury, Gemma Jones, Varind Martin and all the artists and their studios
Marcel Duchamp was artistic advisor to Guggenheim Jeune, Peggy Guggenheim’s gallery at 30 Cork Street (2nd floor), 1938-39