Somnium Space announced yesterday that they will be doing a brand activation together with partners Nifty Orient at BoulevArt, an immersive digital art festival taking place in Dubai. It’s a three-day event to celebrate Dubai’s position as a hub for the Web3 global community. It will be held from February 23 to 26. For this…
SodaWorld, a metaverse music platform born from Africa will offer regular live performances in Somnium Space. Imagine a live event with music, original songwriting, vibey DJs and heartfelt poetry, right in the heart of downtown Johannesburg. The crowd immerses into a beautiful atmosphere with unique and original African vibes. At the same time, in a…
Metaverse art is one of the main things driving metaverse adoption, as it provides something to do with ease inside its confines. Meaning there is still not a lot of business logic for the metaverse, except for the arts. For users, the main thing to do is watch art. Whether that is in the form of a concert or an art exhibit, experiencing art is one of the main use cases for the metaverse. This is partly because the people developing and providing the assets to populate the metaverse are artists themselves. So, it stands to reason that the first uses for the metaverse are art-related.
NFT Art collector and poet BlockMuse is first and foremost an explorer looking for whys and hows. This manifested at the tender age of ten when he fixed his first computer, a Sinclair ZX Spectrum (for those among us who are old enough to remember). Many years later, after having worked for global IT companies,…
Museums and art galleries have made metaverse incursions. Why does it make sense? Museums and the metaverse’s futures seem to be interlocked. Museums have had to adapt to all iterations of the Internet, and have done fairly well. From just providing content, to having a presence on social media to interact with users and potential…
Art and creativity could become new domains for AI and computing. The metaverse is already being rolled out and all it needs is a mass adoption by the population. It still has a long road ahead when you think of the things that are going to be done in the metaverse. The economy, the work…
Written By: SOPRG Milan & Gustavo Generative art as a form of expression brings new questions regarding humanity. Regardless, NFTs and blockchain have made it more commonplace. With modern technology, art now can be generated by systems that are considered autonomous. This is how a new form of art was born: Generative art. The term…
When Pablo Picasso said “art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life”, he meant that art can transform and enrich our lives. If that is the case, immersing yourself in Somnium Space is the ultimate cleansing routine. Virtually (pun intended) everywhere I look in Somnium Space I see art. I see art…
Interview by sCessions Meet TanjaV, a new media artist who has been working internationally since 1997. She has exhibited sculptures, drawings, VR worlds, and generative and AI art at numerous galleries and museums around the world. Simulations, cyberspace, gaming culture and human-machine interaction are at the centre of her art practice of the last twenty…
Scanning space and time, one space at a time Trust me when I say VR experiences in Somnium Space leave an impression on your psyche that changes you in some form or another. Memories are forever, but when we talk about the past all we have are fleeting moments that fade over time. Terry Kilby…
