Hitch Switchers Vol.4 – SOUND ON

The curation theme 'SOUND ON' revolves around the irony of our enduring love for audio-visual art forms, despite the fact that we often mute them.

We've come a long way from opera performances and silent movies with unsynchronized musical accompaniment to the first sound films, broadcast TV, and early internet content, where nearly every webpage had some form of sound. But in the present moment, things have become more complicated.

We've started muting our TVs and social networks, and we've gone even further. Now, we live in an age where we have to alert others that a particular piece of content, artwork, or anything else includes a listen-worthy soundtrack, and it's recommended to unmute. Especially when we share audio-visuals on the internet – whether it's art or just a fleeting glimpse of everyday life. Are we becoming oversaturated, or are our expectations simply changing and evolving? With this collection, you're invited to leave the sound on for the entire show and find out the answers yourself.

– Open Editions – Available: September 28, 6 pm UTC – September 30, 6 pm UTC

Gino Battiston | Kate the Cursed | LUREX | Spøgelsesmaskinen | PHOSPHOR*OPERATOR | Henrique Cartaxo | Lídice Silveira | espinosa | Stella Particula | Edgar Fabián Frías

Live on Nifty Gateway and Voxels Gallery Curated by INA VARE

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About HITCH SWITCHERS

Individual artistic journeys in the 21st century can be compared to a modular system where separate nodes are connected in different combinations in order to achieve some imagined outcome. Artists today link not only their pencils to paper – they link their work and themselves from analog to digital realm, bring their art on blockchains, and become intermedia-like beings. They continually switch between technologies, hitch themselves to certain tools and build their own unique set of pathways.

HITCH SWITCHERS is a continuous series of curated exhibitions highlighting diverse styles from artists who use blockchain as one of their tools. All exhibitions will be published on Nifty Gateway and Voxels virtual gallery curated/produced by artist INA VARE.