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Emerging artist collective, XAP, graduates of Central Saint Martins College, are delighted to announce their selection for a one-month residency at Yinka Shonibare's Guest Projects 2014. Their ambitious, experimental project, âThe Psychotropic House', is an evolving, interactive and multi-sensory art installation, inspired by the futuristic writings of J G Ballard. The bizarrely playful Psychotropic House combines traditional art media with interactive technology to create the interior of a house that responds to your presence. Come on in and explore!
A responsive Lounge reacts to touch; a Twitter feed provokes the Lounge; audio installations create sound-showers in the Whispering Gallery and the screaming Attic. Drifting walls make barriers insubstantial; a projected stairwell burrows into the floor; 2D paintings become mobile in living painting performances. The sensory installations invite engagement, involvement, bewilderment. Through âThe Psychotropic House', XAP explore the influences of art and technology, and how we affect the spaces we inhabit.
A programme of supporting events will encourage a wide range of visitors to the House; a family drawing workshop; a Symposium to provoke discussion within the current art debate; an Open Day for visually impaired audiences.
EVENTS IN THE HOUSE:
âMeet the House' family drawing workshop Saturday 11th January 11.00am - 1.00pm (Limited free tickets available from @evenbrite)
Symposium Thursday 16th January 6.00pm - 9.00pm (Limited free tickets available from @evenbrite - SOLD OUT)
Living Painting Performances - Thursday 9th, 16th, 23rd January at 6pm
www.psychotropichouse.com
www.guestprojects.com/programme/the-psychotropic-house
THE PSYCHOTROPIC HOUSE IS SUPPORTED BY:
SUPPORTED USING PUBLIC FUNDING BY THE NATIONAL LOTTERY THROUGH ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND
www.artscouncil.org.uk
Guest Projects
Museum of London
The Open University
UCL
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
XAP have been successfully collaborating on projects and exhibitions for over five years.
They inspire and engage audiences, producing exciting outcomes with interactive digital media, video, sound, performance, painting and printing.
PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS INCLUDE:
April 2013 Dirty Linen, Curious Duke Gallery, Whitecross Street, London EC1 September 2011 WFW event, Oxo 2 Gallery, Oxo Tower, London SE1 June-August 2010 Displacement, Spinach, Islington, London N1
November 2009 - Chateau d'If, Shoreditch Town Hall, London EC1
September 2009 - 2009.75: A Point in Time, Lewisham Arthouse, London SE14 May 2009 - Valentines Uncovered Valentines Mansions, Ilford, Essex
www.xartsprojects.org
