OneBeat Virtual Gallery
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Sharing the original works and experiments created during OneBeat Virtual
June – July, 2024
Here we stand, two decades past the emergence of Facebook, and a quarter of a century beyond the inception of Google and the advent of smartphones. Now, we confront a reality shaped by algorithms and AI engines, where significant decisions are driven by machine intelligence. What echoes reverberate through this post-digital landscape? What subtleties and insights lie hidden within its evolving soundscape? And how can we harness these insights to confront the pressing challenges of our era?
July – August, 2023
How do we meaningfully unite people in both virtual and physical spaces? What are the challenges and opportunities inherent in each? How can we embrace the ancient, in-person assembly while utilizing new ways of connecting through virtual means? Our fourth edition of OneBeat Virtual invited 25 artists from around the world to explore the relationship between assembling and assembly.
July – September, 2022
If behind the screens is our here and now, how do we play along, adapt and stay curious about the intersection of our real and virtual worlds? As we emerge from the cocoons of our pandemic lives and reconnect we are met with subjects of deep inquiry. In Unmute, our third program, we wade into a speculative future. Is the virtual space the next generation of our shared reality? Can a digital space ever be a neutral location? What are the values to consider in the context of AI assisted digital art making?
September – November, 2021
In the second edition of Scores for Uncertain Times, 35 musicians from diverse cultural backgrounds and musical traditions came together to take score of their experiences over the initial year of the pandemic. Through meeting, working and collaborating online, they created new modes of healing, collective care and community in unusual times.
July – September, 2021
In an unprecedented moment for all, Scores for Uncertain Times proposes music as a curative practice, as an improvised path of intentional care. Can we use our unique practices to examine listening as a practice of care? What could we leave behind in a post-pandemic world? What has this moment of global “pause” given us that we could take into the future? Can we reimagine the reciprocity of touch through the making, traveling, and receiving of sound?
Virtual Gallery design & animations by Jett Ilagan