This week, Digital Revolution, a major digital art exhibition launched at the Barbican Centre, featuring work from artists and practitioners in various fields of arts-tech. Running from July 3rd through September 14th, this UK event may be one of the largest surveys of digital media and arts to date, including projects from legendary artists like Björk, VFX masters Double Negative, and many more.We've already covered Chris Milk's update to The Treachery of Sanctuary, an interactive multimedia installation originally commissioned by The Creators Project for our San Francisco festival in 2012, and Assemblance by Umbrellium—but the two and half month-long event includes an overwhelming amount of other mind-blowing projects, a multitude of which have been covered on The Creators Project in the past. For those who can't make it to London this summer, we've picked out a few standout projects for your to experience stateside (presumably accompanied by a hotdog and some fireworks).Commissioned by The Creators Project in 2012, FIELD's Energy Flow is a generative film that links together 4-10 different story lines, each segment a metaphorical expression of the invisible forces and energies that shape our world.We recently covered the news that Björk's multimedia app Biophilia would be the first app to appear in the MoMA (on top of a future retrospective of the legendary musician herself). Now's your chance to explore the interactive project in depth in London before it heads stateside. But first check out our "Making Of" documentary on the app above.In 2012, the makers of RGB+D Toolkit released the documentary Clouds, detailing a technique that allows people to map video from a DSLR camera onto a Kinect's 3D data to generate a true CGI and video hybrid. The documentary will be included at the Digital Revolution, but for more on the next-level experimental film project, revisit our 2012 interview with the creators.Though Digital Revolution will include many standout fashion projects, Pauline van Dongen's photovoltaic designs that integrate circuits and solar panels into her textiles are both futuristic and energy-efficient. Her work was featured in our documentary series, Make It Wearable: The Concepts, focusing on the next-generation of wearable technology. Pretty soon, our clothes might be able to charge our phones on the go with nothing but the sun and one of her dresses. For more on next levelAmon Tobin, aka "the scientist of sound," will share his incredible ISAM project in London this summer. The mind-blowing performance translates sounds into visualizations that then get projection-mapped on an incredible stage installation. Watch a live performance of the project above!Digital Revolution includes countless other installations, films, performances, and more. Stay tuned for more coverage on The Creators Project, and check out more about the festival on its website here!
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