After Nyne x Moniker: Director's Highlights for the Seventh Edition
Moniker Art Fair, known for pushing the boundaries of the art fair format, will embrace the digital revolution for this year’s edition, inviting visitors to participate in numerous exhibitions and interactive installation experiences, each a technology first for the art world.
The fair returns for its seventh year on October 6–9 at the iconic Old Truman Brewery in London’s Shoreditch, building on the foundations of six years experience and continued success as London’s premiere event for contemporary art, with its roots embedded in urban culture. MAF2016 aims to spotlight emerging and established talent from a burgeoning and increasingly diverse contemporary art movement, forged by its subversive and innovative spirit.
Landmark highlights, as selected by Fair Director Tina Ziegler, at Moniker include:
Digital Playground | by MASER
Globally-acclaimed artist MASER’s colourful, three-dimensional, 18-meter-long ‘playground’ will allow people to touch, climb and engage with 3D boxes, spinning wheels and viewing platforms, with added virtual bonuses accessed through the Moniker Art Fair 2016 App, adding an augmented reality through digital content. Virtual Awakening | An Oculus Rift exhibition by talented young artists Jose Montemayor and Bec Abdy. Viewers can explore 360° photography, spiriting them through various stages of a near-death experience, subjecting the viewer to visions of an afterlife realm and confronting them with the current global crisis.
Slap N Tickle | by Josh Stika
A cunning modern re-creation of the famous Countdown game show, with subversive ‘letter’ panels available as original artwork to buy during the fair. Art in Ruins | by Gina Soden Soden, who was awarded the new Secret Art Prize by Moniker Art Fair and Curious Duke Gallery this year, focusses on abandoned buildings and the treasure trove of dilapidated beauty their architecture hides. These stunning photographs bring a touch of abandonment and sad beauty to MAF2016.
Art in Ruins | by Gina Soden
Soden, who was awarded the new Secret Art Prize by Moniker Art Fair and Curious Duke Gallery this year, focusses on abandoned buildings and the treasure trove of dilapidated beauty their architecture hides. These stunning photographs bring a touch of abandonment and sad beauty to MAF2016.
Natural APPtitude
For 2016, ActivCanvas partners with Moniker Art Fair to present the MAF2016 app, enabling fair-goers to access more information about ‘activated’ art environments simply by pointing their phone. Powerful visual recognition technology allows visitors to journey behind the canvas, viewing the exhibited artwork with additional hidden information, videos, and a suite of other engaging features. Alongside the unprecedented embracement of technology, visitors to the fair can expect the usual mix of incendiary exhibitions by emerging artists curated by the hottest contemporary galleries, live demonstrations of the creative processes from luminaries of the street and urban art scenes via MAF Open Studios, and chances to win stunning postcard art from Art on a Postcard by the likes of Harland Miller, Peter Blake and Brad Downy.
Moniker Art Fair
The Old Truman Brewery 85 Brick Lane, London, E1 6QL
Fair opening hours:
Private view: Thursday: 6th October, 5pm-9pm £14 (£11.20 concession)* *Limited tickets available, must be booked in advance
Friday: 7th October, 12pm–9pm £8 (£6 concession)
Saturday: 8th October, 11am–7pm £8 (£6 concession)
Sunday: 9th October, 11am–6pm £8 (£6 concession)
Featured Image: Josh Stika
