Quantum Critic 2023 Metaverse
Opening on 13 October 2023 at 16.00
Myymälä2, an artist-run gallery, in collaboration with Aacoop collective launched Quantum Critic 2023, a groundbreaking contemporary art metaverse exhibition hosted on Spatial.io. This innovative concept shifts the focus from artists adapting to physical venues to tailoring the metaverse for the artworks, aiming to discover the best way to present art in virtual reality and creating an art-specific space.
In Quantum Critic 2023, traditional notions of space and scale are challenged in a world of digital polygons. Questions arise about the meaning of a “white cube” and the new unit of measurement. The architecture of this metaverse boldly interacts with the hosted artworks, pushing the medium’s boundaries.
The journey through Quantum Critic 2023 begins in a familiar gallery setting, but then leads viewers through precarious bridges, vertigo-inducing spaces, a digital forest, and even a hell. Myymälä2 and Aacoop explore the possibilities of virtual art spaces, blurring the lines between physical and digital, transforming the essence of an art gallery, and challenging the art world to rethink contemporary art presentation and experience.
Quantum critic received a grant from the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture as an International Cooperation and Intercultural Dialogue project.
Simultaneously with the virtual exhibition on Spatial.io you may visit the physical exhibition Quantum Critic on Katariinankatu 4, Helsinki.
Artists: Benji Boyadgian (PS / FI), Farbod Fakharzadeh (IR / FI), Maria Fox Larsson (RU / FI), Daria Goncharova (RU / RS), Spartak Khachanov (UA / FI), Alla Mezentseva (RU), Eglė Pilkauskaitė (LT), Alexey Ryabov (RU / KZ), Aurora Del Rio (IT / FI), Nikita Shokhov (RU / US), Regina-Mareta Soonsein (EE), Lada Uchaeva (RU / ME), Margarita Zhuravleva (RU)
Curators: Natasha Alekseeva (RU / FI), Asia Koltunova (RU / TH), Timo Tuhkanen (FI), Ramiro Camelo (CO / FI)
Architecture: Aacoop collective