An exhibition that makes visible the hidden materiality of our digital world
Launch event and live performance: Tue 14 Oct 2025, 5 - 8pm
Additional live performances: Sat 31 Jan and Sat 21 Mar 2026, 4 - 7pm
Exhibition
We spend so much of our lives online via our smartphones, computers, televisions, and gaming consoles, but do we ever consider the vast physical infrastructures that underpin our digital experiences? The miles of undersea cables, the massive data centres, the mountains of cooling circuits, concrete and metalIn Hiddenware, artist Robert Cervera seeks to make visible this hidden materiality, inviting us to reconsider our relationship to the virtual worldRobert worked with local video gamers and musicians to co-create audiovisual performances, culminating in an exhibition that bridges sculpture, video, music and live streaming in the gallery
Live performances
Imagine taking a gaming session out of a dim-lit bedroom and into the middle of an art exhibition - with an added live soundtrack produced by an instrument made out of PC liquid cooling tubesFor Hiddenware, artist Robert has been working with local gamers and musicians to create audiovisual performances in which the music reacts to what's happening on the screenJoin us for the whole session or drop in at any pointOr follow it live on Twitch and YouTube - look for 'HIDDENWARElive'With musicians Anna Carter, Barnaby Slade, Cat Eden, Hanna Mbuya, Nick Hann, and Robert Cervera
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