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Last Friday at W1 Curates, we brought together music, contemporary art and culture for a special conversation with Tinie Tempah and David King Reuben.
From Tinie’s incredible journey through British music and his new album The Night’s Not Dead, to his creative collaboration with David, we explored what happens when music and art come together.
A conversation that went far beyond the album touching on nightlife, creativity, cultural identity and the relationships between artists, musicians and audiences.
Two creative worlds, one shared vision. Exactly what W1 Curates is all about. @tinie
Last night at W1 Curates, we brought together music, contemporary art and culture for a special conversation with Tinie Tempah and David King Reuben.
From Tinie’s incredible journey through British music and his new album The Night’s Not Dead, to his creative collaboration with David, we explored what happens when music and art come together.
A conversation that went far beyond the album touching on nightlife, creativity, cultural identity and the relationships between artists, musicians and audiences.
Two creative worlds, one shared vision. Exactly what W1 Curates is all about.
We caught up with Tinie at our Ibiza art weekender and tonight we bring it all together at W1 Curates Oxford Street.
Tinie Tempah, David King Reuben and Mark Dale come together for an intimate evening of art, music and conversation, exploring Tinie’s first album in nine years, The Night’s Not Dead.
The three interconnected EPs, '9PM', '12AM' and '3AM', plus the full album. Hear how the music, artwork and visual identity came together to tell the story of a night out and how collaborators including AFROJACK, Stargate, Daecolm, Kah-Lo, Alex Mills, Skepsis and Badger shaped it along the way.
Expect a conversation about music with a mission: getting people off their screens, reconnecting and moving and about the grassroots venues that keep nightlife alive, with Tinie’s work with Music Venue Trust.
📍 W1 Curates, Oxford Street
Tonight. Doors 6pm.
Oxford Street was all about the stories behind the music last night.
W1 Curates and House Culture welcomed Owen Cutts, aka Mr Cutts, for a live conversation with Simon Dunmore. The Ivor Novello-nominated songwriter, producer, DJ and artist shared insights from a career working with some of British music’s biggest names.
From the sounds that shaped him to soul, blues, funk and hip-hop, to the value of community and what lies ahead, it was an intimate look at the people, records and moments behind the work.
The conversation was filmed live and will be on YouTube soon.
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What’s on in London this November?
Some of the city’s biggest institutions are opening new shows this month, from Sámi art at Somerset House to massive projections at the Old Royal Naval College, here’s what to see across the city this November.
That includes our own programme on Oxford Street: Artur Gadzhiev’s ‘Light Remains’, an immersive exploration of light built with music from ITSU, at W1 Curates from November 5th to December 1st.
Swipe through and plan your month.
"I'm just opening more space for women artists to reclaim their agencies in the digital world."
Meet Yichu Li, winner of the Digital & Moving Image Prize at the Women in Art Prize.
Named after herself, this work is an attempt at a conversation with her digital self. It's first chapter, 'Uploading', was created after her grandfather passed away, as a ritual of uploading herself beyond the physical. Music runs through it too: for Yichu Li, it is a conversation with the machine and the sound of the future.
Overnight, London transformed into Gotham.
Cameras for The Batman Part II have been rolling around the capital since June and St Paul’s is one of the stars. Around Bank, the signs changed, the snow fell and a new subway entrance appeared. Robert Pattinson was spotted among it all, filming his return as Batman.
Our city isn’t just a place to live. It’s a stage, a canvas and a set.
What does the future of art look like?
Mark Dale, explores that question in ‘The Future of Art: A Digital Revolution’ his chapter in ‘The Future of Luxury: An Evolution of Culture, Capital & Consciousness’, by Viet N’Guyen
It’s a question we live with every day on the screens of Oxford Street, where digital art meets the city, on view to anyone passing by.
Art, music and the night out.
On November 6th, W1 Curates brings together Tinie Tempah, artist David King Reuben and our founder Mark Dale to talk about ‘The Night’s Not Dead’, Tinie’s first album in nine years.
Tinie and David collaborated on 'The Night's Not Dead' album and across the three preceding EP’s (‘9PM’ , ‘12AM’ & ‘3AM’). Together they explore the intersection of art and music: how the collaboration came about, the creative process behind the album, and the thinking behind the visual identity and design work that brought the project to life.
Hosted by Mark Dale, the conversation celebrates nightlife and the spaces that keep it alive. Hear about Tinie’s work with Music Venue Trust and why protecting grassroots venues matters for the next generation of artists and the communities around them.
6th November: 6 PM - 8 PM
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Light Remains. Five worlds. One rule: the sound governs & the light responds.
Built in collaboration with music, Artur Gadzhiev's immersive exploration of light begins in darkness. Rendered with the support of Fox Renderfarm each world is its own small universe with its own laws of physics, each embodying an element of its own.
The journey starts in near-emptiness and builds into full intensity filling the space with structure, weight and force. The score was created alongside ITSU with sound and image developed side by side, each shaping the other. The result is not a visual set to music, but a single audiovisual organism.
When everything else falls away, Light Remains.
Presented by W1 Curates: Nov 03 - Dec 01
Plan your visit now.
@foxrenderfarm @art_gadzhiev
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House Culture brings Owen Cutts aka Mr Cutts to W1 Curates Oxford Street for a very special in-person interview, hosted by Simon Dunmore.
An Ivor Novello-nominated songwriter, producer, DJ and artist, Owen has worked with some of the biggest names in British music, including Stormzy’s chart-topping albums. Soul, blues, funk and hip-hop.
Expect an intimate, unfiltered deep dive into his journey, from behind the scenes to the spotlight, the importance of community and the next chapter. The records, samples and stories that connect generations.
Filmed live for the House Culture YouTube channel.
4th November: 6 PM - 8 PM
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HoneyLuv steps inside our W1 Curates Studio at Timber Street for a three-day writing session.
She shares her thoughts on the benefits of collaboration as well as who would be her dream collaborator. Every week brings something different, so get in touch to bring your project to life.
New ideas. New sounds. New creative energies. Right here at W1.
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For Frieze Week, @W1curates and @thenightleague turned Michael Craig-Martin’s 'MUSIC' into a club night.
The queue went down the street, and Culture Collective members walked straight in on the VIP list with the Pass in their phone’s wallet.
Sir Michael Craig-Martin on visiting Hï Ibiza
'Music', his immersive digital installation fills the room at Hï Ibiza with bold outlines, vivid colour and instruments scattered across the screens. Presented by W1 Curates.
His first visit was an early one. A late-starting club, a quiet room, a long day behind him. Seeing it with a crowd? “It’s actually fantastic.”
@hiibizaofficial @thenightleague
Ten pieces we couldn’t stop thinking about.
Last week W1 took to the London Art Fairs. Here are our top picks, from the pieces that stopped us in our tracks to the ones we’re still talking about.
Take a look, which one would you take home?
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