Hosted at the Goss-Michael Foundation in Dallas, MTV RE:DEFINE marks the 30th anniversary of the discovery of AIDS and will bring together original works, many specially commissioned for the project, from a bold roster of 30 of the world’s most exciting contemporary artists, photographers and sculptors, including key emerging talents. All 30 pieces will be auctioned, with 100% of the proceeds benefitting the MTV Staying Alive Foundation, which encourages, energizes and empowers young people who are involved in HIV and AIDS awareness, education and prevention campaigns.

Since launching in 1981, MTV has worked with some of the most influential figures in contemporary art including Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring. For MTV RE:DEFINE, project curators The Future Tense have sourced and commissioned an eclectic selection of original artworks from both established and emerging artists, including Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin, Gérard Rancinan, Shepard Fairey and Katrin Fridriks.

The exhibition will be open to the public from Friday, September 16^th and will culminate in a VIP reception on Saturday, September 24^th during which all 30 works will feature in a live auction event in support of the Staying Alive Foundation. For those unable to attend the event, absentee bids will also be accepted including via telephone – please visit www.mtvredefine.com for more information on how to bid.

Georgia Arnold, Executive Director of the Staying Alive Foundation said, “MTV has always naturally partnered with cutting edge talent and artists, and I’m delighted that we are doing so on this occasion to support the work of the Staying Alive Foundation. Each one of the 30 pieces of art represents a year since the discovery of AIDS and the proceeds from each work will make a huge contribution to empowering young people engaged in fighting the stigma, spread and threat of the epidemic 30 years on. I want to thank each and every artist for their enormous generosity.”

Ed Bartlett, founder of The Future Tense said, “Our aim with this project was to bring together a body of work that we felt resonated with both the ‘RE:DEFINE’ high concept, but also with our interpretation of the past, present and future ‘MTV Generation’ artists. Throughout the project each artist has truly engaged with these ideals, in many cases commissioning brand new work for the show, and we believe the resulting exhibition will speak for itself.”

The VIP reception will feature a live music performance (talent to be announced soon), and the event will be complemented by a full catalogue production, plus support from a range of premium sponsors, including Moët & Chandon, The Dallas Morning News and Neiman Marcus.

Full details of the event can be found on the official website, www.mtvredefine.com where details of the remaining 25 artists will be revealed in groups of 5 each Monday at midday EST over the next five weeks. Project updates can also be followed in real-time on Twitter via @mtvredefine and Facebook at www.facebook.com/mtvredefine.

This Thursday marks the launch of an exclusive new print by Joseph Loughborough via our own FT Editions label.

Entitled ‘The Enemy’ and based upon the charcoal sketch originally exhibited at The Future Tense group launch show in 2010, the work was developed in collaboration with world-renowned print studio, Thumbprint Editions. Thumbprint is best known for creating etchings and woodcuts with such artists as Damien Hirst, Anish Kapoor and Tracey Emin, including her most recent release ‘The Kiss’.

Measuring a generous 100 x 70 cm and limited to a signed edition of 50 + 3 artist proofs, the print uses a traditional Polymer Gravure etching process to fully capture the unique tonal variation typically found in charcoal works on paper. This complex, highly technical process produces prints of unrivalled quality, whilst also creating an attractive embossed frame within the paper due to the extreme pressures on the plate during the printing process.

Pete Kosowicz, master printer and founder of Thumbprint Editions said, “It’s always exciting to work with emerging artists, and Joe is an obvious talent. Charcoal has long been a challenge to replicate successfully in print, but this edition is a perfect example of what is now possible with the Polymer Gravure etching process.”

The Enemy will be available from from midday GMT on Thursday June 16^th. We are also offering discounted archival framing on this piece for UK customers. Just quote “mister frameman” when ordering.

As usual, drop us an email at sales@thefuturetense.net

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Posted via email from Stendhal Syndrome

Posted via email from Stendhal Syndrome

One of the star lots at Christie’s ‘Post War and Contemporary’ day sale later this week in London is this fantastic guitar painted by Damian Hirst.

The guitar, currently on display in the window of Christie’s in South Kensington, is made by Canadian manufacturer Carparelli, and painted by Hirst in his celebrated ‘spin painting’ technique.

Best of all the proceeds from the sale will go to children’s charity, War Child.

The sale takes place on February 17th and catalogues can be requested from lkresler@christies.com

via flickr.com

Ralph Lauren’s iconic ‘Art Stars’ project culminates tonight in an auction of the works in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust at Phillips de Pury London.

As we revealed back in June our own Katrin Fridriks created one of the 42 individual 3D stars.

Visitors to the exhibition this weekend have been placing silent bids on the works and the event will conclude with a party tonight in which Simon de Pury will personally auction a selection of the Stars.

For more information please visit: http://artstars.polojeans.com/

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HP ePrint & TRON: Legacy projection mapping – Full Loop from Guided Collective on Vimeo.

As huge fans of the original Tron, we are extremely excited to see TRON: Legacy at the iMax in London very soon.

Guided Collective, a London-based innovation agency recently premiered this fantastic projection mapping project for HP’s ePrint mobile printing products a mere stone’s throw from the iconic iMax cinema, on the side of the equally iconic Queen Elizabeth Hall building.

The clip also includes audio from the fantastic Daft Punk film soundtrack, which has been giving our speakers a good bashing this week. Turn it up!

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Flying Lotus – Kill Your Co-Workers from Warp Records on Vimeo.

Okay so we are big Flying Lotus fans, and also old school gamers, so it’s only natural that this video would be right up our street.

However what is really clever is that the designers, Beeple, have made all of the 3-D character assets available to download for free to allow end users to create their own works. Hopefully you will see some interesting and results at http://vimeo.com/groups/flyinglotus in the not too distant future.

In the meantime, sit back, relax and enjoy some pixelated überviolence (and some pretty sexy bleeps and bloops):