To honor the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing, our flying sculpture Franchise Freedom formed by 300 Intel drones flew above Nasa’s Rocket Garden, during a tribute performance from Duran Duran
Photo Rahi Rezvan
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Talk in Basel
How can artists sustainably shape our future environments? Lonneke shared her vision on this topic in Basel last week #Thermeartprogram. The full video is available here.
Studio Drift: Elemental
Today the art museum Amos Rex in Helsinki will present Studio Drift’s works for the first time in Northern Europe with the solo exhibition Studio Drift: Elemental.
Through film, sculpture and installation art, the exhibition, explores the basic premise from which all living beings operate: single entities attaching themselves to larger contexts. Lone particles are meaningless unless they are part of some greater, more complicated system. As humans we create systems or technologies to gain mastery over our environment to evolve, realise dreams, create a brighter future and on a very elemental level: to connect.
The exhibition will run until 19 May 2019 alongside the Magritte exhibition. Curator Itha O’Neill from Amos Rex: “An uncontrived affinity prevails between the cool utopias of Studio Drift and the mystic visions of Belgian surrealist René Magritte. Both art practices evoke familiar yet unfamiliar worlds where dreams and the imagination are potential sources of societal renewal and self-awareness. By programming Studio Drift with Magritte, we felt we were setting the stage for a thought-provoking encounter with art as well as bridging together two kindred art practices separated by five decades.”
Photography Stella Ojala
Materialism at Frieze LA
Materialism premiers at Frieze LA.Drift’s most recent work Materialism will be launched internationally at Frieze art fair in Los Angeles through Pace gallery.
Materialism confronts us on a very elementary level with the things we surround ourselves with and the materials that comprise them. The work calls for contemplation on how we deal with the raw materials at our disposal.
Frieze Los Angeles, Paramount Pictures studios, LA
15 – 17 February 2019
Drift on CNN
Drift was featured on CNN during prime time news shows
Burning Man Franchise Freedom
Studio Drift proudly announces that FRANCHISE FREEDOM, the flying sculpture performed by hundreds of drones, will travel to Nevada for Burning Man 2018.
Amsterdam Franchise Freedom
FRANCHISE FREEDOM, a flying sculpture of 300 luminous Intel® Shooting Star™drones in bird swarming formation, will take flight above the river IJ, Amsterdam in August. Link
Studio Drift x Iris van Herpen
In 20 Steps — Studio Drift’s site-specific installation accompanying Iris van Herpen’s SYNTOPIA FW18 collection during Paris Fashion Week. The vivacious glass bird flows in symbiosis with the models while they move over the runway. Read more about the collaboration: link
Photo: Yannis Vlamos
Short docu Coded Nature
Watch the short documentary Studio Drift: Coded Nature – while we are preparing ourselves for our first ever museum solo which is on view until August 26 in Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Information exhibition: link
Coded Nature now open!
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam presents the debut museum solo of Studio Drift until August 26 2018. In addition to early designs, the exhibition ‘Coded Nature’ features new, previously unseen work.
Solo Stedelijk Museum
We are thrilled to announce our solo show at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.
Studio Drift: Coded Nature, shows an overview of 10 years exploring fluctuating relationships between nature, technology and mankind. In addition to early work, the exhibition features new and previously unseen work. In total the presentation comprises eight room-filling installations, together with a selection of films, sculptures, prototypes and models.
Date: 25 April 2018 – 26 August 2018 Location: Stedelijk Museum AmsterdamPress release More information about the exhibition: stedelijk.nl
Fragile Future in Shenzhen
The site-specific exhibition ‘Values of Design’ , housed in the V&A Gallery at the cultural hub ‘Design Society’, in Shenzhen, China, features Studio Drifts Fragile Future Concrete Chandelier.