ArtAV had the pleasure of returning to Yorkshire Sculpture Park for a second time this year following the success of the William Kentridge exhibition, The Pull Of Gravity. Working alongside the wonderful team at YSP we were asked to install Of the Oak; a magnificent immersive sound and video experience by acclaimed artist collective Marshmallow Laser Feast. Of the Oak is …
This summer, Yorkshire Sculpture Park are presenting the first major exhibition by South African artist William Kentridge outside of South Africa that focuses on his many works and sculptures. With over 40 pieces, the exhibition is shown in the Underground Gallery as well as the beautiful surrounding gardens of the Park. ArtAV were privileged to be asked to offer our …
Sir John Akomfrah’s Listening All Night To The Rain is a multimedia installation which was commissioned by the British Council for the British Pavillion at the 60th Venice Biennale in 2024. Amgueddfa Cymru is the first venue to host the exhibition as it tours across the UK. This profound work was originally presented in Venice as a series of eight …
Ali Cherri’s “How I Am Monument” has been developed in partnership with Vienna Secession. The exhibition at Baltic is the second, expanded chapter of this collaboration, and the first major institutional presentation of the artist’s work in the UK. ArtAV’s exhibition design team worked with the Baltic curatorial team to ensure the ideas and presentations of the two audio visual …
Eija-Liisa Ahtila presents a major new solo exhibition with her third commissioned work for Serlachius with Reflection of a Forest. An 8-channel synchronised video and audio installation. Finland’s most renowned contemporary artist, Eija Liisa Ahtila, a pioneer of video art, continues with her narrative on the environment and its role in our lives and subsequently ours in it. Filmed over …
ArtAV, a leading specialist in audiovisual installation, recently collaborated with Smoking Dogs Films and Lisson Gallery to expertly oversee and finalize the installation of renowned artist John Akomfrah’s powerful work, “Four Nocturnes,” at the prestigious Völklinger Hütte in Germany. This significant installation forms part of the thought-provoking “True Size of Africa” exhibition. Völklinger Hütte, a remarkable UNESCO World Heritage Site …
ArtAV are proud to have worked alongside John Akomfrah on his largest and most ambitious exhibition to date; Listening All Night To The Rain at the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia 2024. The British Pavilion is set in the wonderful grounds of Venice’s Giardini, the heart of the Biennale. And John Akomfrah’s boldest, most ambitious commission …
Following a year-long project of awareness raising and relationship building in the North East of England with Baltic, neurodiverse communities, artists and caregivers, Residential will culminate in an installation of artworks and film in Baltic’s Ground Floor gallery. Bringing together research and learning from the collaboration, the exhibition will include a programme of workshops and events for audiences, collaborators, individuals, …
Baltic presented the first major solo exhibition by British-Ghanaian artist Larry Achiampong. Working in film, sculpture, installation, sound, collage, music and performance, Achiampong draws on his shared and personal heritage to explore class, gender, the intersection between popular culture and the residues of colonisation. His work examines digital identities and constructions of ‘the self’, offering multiple perspectives that reveal the …
From a technical point ArtAV worked very closely with Heather Phillipson to find an appropriate material for both the Cooper Gallery main space installation and the Upper Foyer. For Heather’s vision it was important to her that the projections in the Cooper Gallery were visible beyond the screen material and onto the wall but that the material was dense enough …