ANNKA KULTYS PHYGITAL

Exhibiting, Contextualising and Collecting Crypto Art

SEASON 3

ANNKA KULTYS PHYGITAL

1 SEPTEMBER 2022 — 1 SEPTEMBER 2023

ANNKA KULTYS PHYGITAL (blend of digital and physical experiences) is an experimental virtual reality gallery for showcasing, contextualising, and collecting Crypto Art.

“Phygital” is a term used to describe the way in which technology and physical space interact in contemporary art. The term is a portmanteau of “physical” and “digital,” and reflects Kultys’ belief that the boundaries between these two domains are becoming increasingly blurred in the digital age.

For Kultys, “phygital” refers to exhibitions that integrate physical and digital elements — ANNKA KULTYS PHYGITAL presents digital sculptures, videos or installations in a virtual reality gallery. She sees this hybrid approach as a way to create immersive and engaging experiences for viewers while exploring the ways in which technology has been transforming the production, the presentation and distribution of the artworks today.

The concept of “phygital” has become a key part of Kultys’ curatorial vision. By showcasing the artists and promoting the phygital approach more broadly, Kultys hopes to shape the conversation around contemporary art and technology, and to push the boundaries of what is possible in both gallery’s realms.

You are welcome to visit ANNKA KULTYS PHYGITAL at the main gallery space (472 Hackney Road, London). The headsets are available to explore the NFTs in the one-of-a-kind 10,000 digital sqf gallery within the commercial art world.
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CURRENT at ANNKA KULTYS PHYGITAL

MARJAN MOGHADDAM
Intervention as Digital Embodiment
24 MARCH — 22 APRIL 2023

FORTHCOMING at ANNKA KULTYS PHYGITAL

JONAS LUND
5 MAY — 4 JUNE 2023
PV, THURSDAY 4 MAY, 6–8PM

PAST at ANNKA KULTYS PHYGITAL

SASHA STILES
B1NARY 0DES
24 FEBRUARY — 18 MARCH 2023

INAUGURAL EXHIBITION at ANNKA KULTYS PHYGITAL

WEB 3.0 AESTHETICS: IN THE FUTURE POST—HYPE OF THE NFTS
7 MAY — 31 DECEMBER 2022

LaTurbo Avedon, Jeremy Bailey, Kate Bickmore and Sian Fan, Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, Stine Deja, Chris Dorland, Andreas Gysin, Claudia Hart, Rachel de Joode, Baron Lanteigne, Olga Mikh Fedorova, Lauren Moffatt, Marjan Moghaddam, Yves Peitzner and Jelena Gregov, Signe Pierce, Anna Ridler, Aaron Scheer,  Ada Sokół, Alida Sun, Addie Wagenknecht and Aiala Hernando, Jennifer West, and Ziyang Wu

Curated by Annka Kultys for LaCollection.io

SEASON 2

DEBUT IN THE NFT SPACE AND THE METAVERSE
&
INAUGURATION OF ANNKA KULTYS PHYGITAL

1 SEPTEMBER 2021 — 1 SEPTEMBER 2022

This second online season was launched with the british artist, animator and archivist creating work that centres Black Trans people, Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley’s interactive video ‘I can’t remember a time I didn’t need you’ (2020), followed by the non-binary model, artist and poet Kai-Isaiah Jamal NFT’s poetry ‘Brave New World’ (2021). Then, in support of Ukraine, the gallery featured Kim Booker’s series of new oil paintings in the metaverse Spatial.

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PAST at [THE ART HAPPENS HERE]

DANIELLE BRATHWAITE-SHIRLEY
I can’t remember a time I didn’t need you
1 SEPTEMBER 2021 — ONGOING

PAST at [THE ART HAPPENS HERE]

KAI-ISAIAH JAMAL
Brave New World (NFT POETRY)
24 SEPTEMBER 2021 — ONGOING

Presented and developed in collaboration with Warren Du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones, PHILLIPS auction house, an Evening Standard

INAUGURAL EXHIBITION at ANNKA KULTYS PHYGITAL

WEB 3.0 AESTHETICS: IN THE FUTURE POST—HYPE OF THE NFTS
7 MAY — 31 DECEMBER 2022

LaTurbo Avedon, Jeremy Bailey, Kate Bickmore and Sian Fan, Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, Stine Deja, Chris Dorland, Andreas Gysin, Claudia Hart, Rachel de Joode, Baron Lanteigne, Olga Mikh Fedorova, Lauren Moffatt, Marjan Moghaddam, Yves Peitzner and Jelena Gregov, Signe Pierce, Anna Ridler, Aaron Scheer,  Ada Sokół, Alida Sun, Addie Wagenknecht and Aiala Hernando, Jennifer West, and Ziyang Wu

Curated by Annka Kultys for LaCollection.io

SEASON 1

[The art happens here]
STAY AT HOME

5 APRIL 2020 — 30 APRIL 2021

In April 2020 (during the lockdown), ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY launched [The art happens here], an online platform dedicated to showcasing digital art in its ‘natural habitat’. This platform provides a natural extension to the gallery’s offline programme, championing the millennial artists and art engaged with technology.

Below are the online exhibitions/artists the gallery presented during the 12 months of hard lockdown in UK

James Irwin
Adad Hannah
Jillian Mayer
James Knott
Allan Gardner
Alice Bucknell
Marc Lee
Jeremy Bailey
Stine Deja
Gertrūda Gilyte
Ben Elliot
Bill Posters
Ziyang Wu
Baron Lanteigne

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