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SOUND ARTISTS, HARRY YEFF AND TRUNG BAO, TRANSFORM VOICES INTO GEM STONES IN LANDMARK EXHIBITION
The new 400 square metre immersive gallery will present wall-to-wall digital gemstone artworks from a selection of the VOICE GEM archive...
DIGITAL LEGACIES
Dropbox has more than 700 million registered users across 180 countries. Where we once cut-and-pasted photographs into physical photo albums, we now save our images on iCloud. Answering machine messages are locked behind passcodes...
SPEECH RECOGNITION: THE VOICE GEM SYSTEM OF HARRY YEFF & TRUNG BAO
In a basement gallery under London's Oxford Street, Jeremy Allen discovers a cache of precious stones formedfromthe voices of Ai Weiwei, Lily Cole and Sir Geoff Hurst
GENERATING GEMSTONES FROM VOICE – VOICE GEMS: 1000 YEAR ARCHIVE IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE
Pioneering artists Harry Yeff and Trung Bao opened an immersive experience in the basement of Flannels’ Oxford Street shop. VOICE GEMS: 1000 YEAR ARCHIVE is a unique...
PORTRAITS OF BLACK INFLUENTIAL INDIVIDUALS.
Portraits include the UK’s first black MP and race equality campaigner, the late Bernie Grant, those breaking the mould like Barack Obama, model Winnie Harlow and the late Nelson Mandela, and trailblazers including Beyonce, Prince, Idris Elba, Tinie Tempah, Naomi Campbell, Lauryn Hill and human rights activist, musician Fela Kuti. Also featured are family members and other high profile individuals.
“I wanted to showcase these works of individuals who have had the courage to do things differently, and have all contributed to society in ways that have offered inspiration and a fresh perspective on how black people are seen. They have all been a major influence and inspiration to me, and shaped my journey in art, spirituality and philosophy.”
-Kelvin Okafor
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