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inToAsia: Time-based Art Festival 2015 in New York

On two walls in an exhibition space are two projected images. The image on the left is of an asian person,possibly Chinese.The image on the right is of Adolf Hitler.

inCube Arts have just launched their second edition of inToAsia: Time-based Art Festival 2015 in New York this week. Organized by Chen Wei-ching, Joanne and curated by Wang Chun-Chi, Loredana Pazzini-Paracciani and Carol Yinghua Lu,...

Asia Contemporary Art Week

Two photos from Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Both photos feature two people, one of which is draped in what looks like a large flowery curtain and singing at the other person who is dressed in black and sitting on a chair.

New York galleries have teamed up together to bring you the very best contemporary artists from Asia that they can muster. This year marks the tenth...

Curating digital art at DARE

Six computer generated illustrations. From left to right; A group of people walking through a park. Second image is a close up of people walking through a park.Third image is of people walking across a zebra crossing.Fourth image is a close up of people walking on a road.Fifth image is of a group of people

As part of our pop-up programme, we are collaborating with Abertay University to co-curate a space at DARE, the biggest indie games festival in the UK....

The 16 year old looking to make a career in GIFs

A GIF of an ever changing shape made up of triangles and sparkling like a diamond.

In case you couldn’t tell, we love GIFs at NEoN! Not only can the endless loop of images be amusing when they’re clips from you’re favourite TV show...

Interacting with holograms: The future is here!

A close up of a persons finger tip. Just at the tip of the finger is a very small image of a flying Fairy which is neon blue in colour.

Holograms nowadays are a bit dated. Sure, the Michael Jackson hologram which has appeared in concerts, in music videos and at the 2014 Billboard Music...

GIFs in the professional world: The first GIF based documentary

A black and white moving image of someone having their hair shaved in a hairdressers.

If you’ve read our previous blog post ‘GIFs as Digital Art’, you’ll have learned that this month (June) marks the 28th anniversary of the GIF....

NEoN’s guide to sushi: International Sushi Day 2015

A large wooden tray filled with various types of sushi.

Each year NEoN’s festival has a curatorial theme and this year we are exploring Asia to deliver this year’s theme: North East of North Asia...

GIFs as digital art

A moving image ( or GIF ) of a person turning towards the camera and saying ” Cool GIF Bro “. The words Cool GIF Bro is also written at the bottom of the screen in white capital letters.

Whilst preparations are well underway for NEoN’s 2015 festival, we’ve been reminiscing about our previous festivals. If you attended NEoN 2014, you may have went...

NEoN teams up with Onpa for ‘North East of North Asia’

Black and white photo of Independent curator and arts manager, Habu Kazuhito.

  NEoN is pleased to announce it’s working with Japan based New Media Arts team, Onpa who are our festival partner helping us to deliver...

Technology Object of the Day – Modem

Acoustic Coupler type TC301 (used as early form of modem). A wooden box with a handle at the top.

DUNUC 9354, instrument, Acoustic Coupler type TC301 (used as early form of modem) Two speakers into which telephone handset would be plugged to couple to...

Technology object of the day – Mini Computer

DUNUC 3813, equipment, PDP12 Mini Computer, with original documents (parts list, circuit diagrams, etc). Psychology Collection. The PDP-12 Programmed Data Processor was the University of Dundee’s...

Technology Object of the Day – Banda Machine

The Spirit Duplicator (or Banda Machine). A semi circle shaped box made of metal, with a handle on the outside which is connected to a cylinder in the centre.

DUNUC 3487, equipment, Duplicator. Physiology Collection. Donated to Museum services in 1996 by the Department on Physiology & Anatomy, the Spirit Duplicator (or Banda Machine...