The Arts of the Future

Digital impact: The Immersive Visions of 15 Global Artists Go Beyond Time & Space

A still image from Refik Anadol's giant LED wall, "Living Paintings Immersive Editions," at Jeffrey Deitch

A still image from Refik Anadol's giant LED wall, "Living Paintings Immersive Editions," at Jeffrey Deitch

This article in Design Boom is a primer on some of the most exciting immersive artists today. It offers a great overview of the integration of technology and the arts. The article clearly illustrates why this art form is not simply about exhibitions but about the impact of digital art.

"Through the works of artists like Refik Anadol, Random International, and Six N. Five, Digital Impact is breaking digital barriers. An experience more than an exhibition, the project unravels in Barcelona, turning the Spanish city into a sample of the creative force of a reality full of possibilities. Present and future meet as artificial art and design reveal limitless ideas and concepts, all explored through interactive and immersive installations. The event runs from 27 April to 27 August, 2023, right after the world’s annual leading audiovisual exhibition, ISE.

Hosted at Disseny Hub and proposed by Antoni Arola Studio, Digital Impact is Barcelona’s first great experiential exhibition of digital art with the aim of bringing it closer to citizens and integrating it into the collective consciousness in order to provoke reactions and emotions of the public. The exhibition stages, through the artistic avant-garde, design, poetry and interactivity, the impact that virtual creations have on us and, above all, the effect that we have on them. With Barcelona as the playing field the event explores the different facets of the people and the city itself in a parallel reality. Through the unlimited imagination of 15 global artists, Digital Impact creates a space of constant transformation, a timeless place to be and to feel, timeless, where anyone and anything fits... Read More at Digital Impact"