London Diary of Events 2012/2013

2012

Hyde Park Towers hotel is a great place to stay, the location is excellent, especially if you are planning to visit any of these events. Next to the biggest park in London, Hyde park, the Hyde Park Towers hotel is superbly located in central London and is within easy reach of these events.

Decode: Digital Design Sensations is a unique exhibition of digital and interactive design presented in association with OneDotZero.

Be amazed by digitally growing plants, a mechanical eye and much more!

Works vary from small screen-based graphics to large-scale artworks, created by established and new artists and many worldwide known designers, including:

Dan Brown
Golan Levin
Daniel Rozin
Troika
Simon Heijdens

Visit V&A’s Porter Gallery for the main event, but do not forget to see also the works placed throughout the museum, garden and some will be displayed on the museum’s website, too! There will be special unique performances during the event, so make sure you don’t miss those either!

The Decode Exhibition focuses on the following main themes:

Code as a Raw Material: Dan Brown's new work On Growth and Form series
Interactivity: displays include Golan Levin's Opto-Isolator, an amazing human-sized mechanical eye
The Network: focuses on works that reuse or reinterpret everyday digital data

There is also an exhibition called Digital Pioneers showing until 23 May which studies the history of digital design.

Ticket prices: Adult from £5,-
                        Concessions from £4,-

For further information please visit www.vam.ac.uk

Venue: Victoria and Albert Museum
Date: until 11 April 2010
Time: normal opening times
Nearest Tube: South Kensington