CONCEPTUAL OBJECTS | GARAGE ART | WHATEVER...
ZWRP / ZEITWARP
21st Century Artefacts
DELUXE & DELIGHTFUL
ZWRP / ZEITWARP...WTF?
Zeitwarp is a multi-disciplinary creative studio based near Cambridge (UK).
Output includes immersive physical paintings, limited edition prints, 'organic' digital art, music/sound/noise, live art / multi-sensory installations..."and all that other mother jazz".
ZWRP is the in-house 'brand' of one-off conceptual 'objects' for "every dream home".
“We were partying hard at the Wilde Möhre Festival near Drebkau in Germany...people danced to the loud and pumping electric music...two pieces of Zeitwarp‘s music note art works were hanging on the wooden walls...majestic and mystically lit up by the flashes of the disco lights and stroboscopes.
Next day, hung over, I bought both paintings...”
'Y.S.' - MUSIC GRAFFITI Owner, Zurich
IS IT REAL? - OR IS IT MEMOREX?
ORGANIC ONLY
"There is no reality except in action."
Jean-Paul Sartre
ZWRP/Zeitwarp artwork touches on multiple interlinked nodes - physical installation, digital / video art, physical paintings and objects, immersive activations (AR & VR), metaversal, sound/noise. etc.
The common thread is that every piece is a collage of real physical objects and images from my own collection of ephemera. Nothing is generated by AI or digital only tools.
The act of sourcing, collecting, repurposing, assembling and remixing the constituent parts is fundamental to both the subjective process and artistic output.
'ICARUS LOOP #2' - Original Solar Walkman & Background (Painting)
Collage of IRL Physical Collage Objects - (Meta Man!)
FREE JAZZ #1 - Work in progress for Bangkok Exhibition Nov 2024
AUTO-RETURN - SINGULARITY #47 - Work in Progress
DIGITAL / PHYSICAL / IMMERSIVE / IRL
CROSSING THE STREAMS
A single work can begin as a physical object within an installation before iterating through a collaged digital image (still & video), then undergoing transformation into sound, followed by extended recursive iterations under the FEEDBACK LOOPS methodology.
Ultimately, the initial object finishes as a physical conceptual display artefact.
Meanwhile frames captured from the digital manipulations are reproduced as limited edition prints.
Ozymandias REDUX Installation - Afrika Burn Exhibition 2021
Cool Walkman - South Pole Exhibition, 2021
Delays Possible / Auto-Rewind - Berlin Skyline Digital Projection, July 2021.
'AUTO-REWIND #4' - Lisbon, Sept 2023
'AUTO-REVERSE #15-17' - Ozymandian Objects
NEVER EXPLAIN
"THAT'S JUST...LIKE...
YOUR OPINION...MAN"
Among the themes of ZWRP artwork are... :-)
If we are going to assign a descriptive label to the work produced by ZWRP/Zeitwarp then the most accurate would be post-conceptual.
Essentially, the work is created with intentional meaning. The surface aesthetic act as a signal to draw attention to an examination of the underlying themes.
These themes are interconnected but can best be summarised by grouping them into two triangular structures:
Transience, Obsolescence and Transformation
Significance, Attachment and Transmission.
These foundational elements are considered through the lens of the Promethean tension between humanity and technology - in an entropic 'only forwards' universe - and within the context of their reverberative effect on culture, society, economics, politics and climate.
Music - and in particular the technology, culture and economy of music - is often the motif to communicate these concepts.
““…that’s the kind of Avant Garde that gets my heart up…””
CLARIAN - Anjunadeep Artist, Founder of Tamago Streaming.
DIGITAL ART | PHYSICAL PAINTINGS | INSTALLATION | PHREAK MUSIC
EXHIBIT 'Z'
ZWRP/Zeitwarp artwork has been exhibited internationally both in physical and digital form in Miami, Lisbon, Berlin, Bangkok, Milan and San Francisco.
Other major global art destinations are available...
The NO$TALGIA Show, Video Wall Exhibition, Milan Oct 2023
'HOMO TRANS-RETRO' - Rare Effect 3 Exhibition, Lisbon, Oct/Nov 2022
Delays possible / Auto-Rewind - Berlin Skyline Projection, July 2021.
Two pieces from The NO$TALGIA Show at the Refraction Exhibition, Lisbon, Nov 2023
MUSIC GRAFFITI FFR - Rare Effect Exhibition, Arroz Estúdios, Lisbon, May 2021
'G Major V' - MUSIC GRAFFITI, Lisbon, Nov 2022
CRIME SCENES Installation Exhibition, Cambridge 2019
FAST-FORWARD / REWIND - Digital, Physical & Installation, Lisbon May 2021
'FAST-FORWARD/REWIND #9' - Milan, October 2023
DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC NOISE #4 - Art Print
'GLITCH BREAKS - D MINOR III' - 250gsm ZWRP Framed Art Print
AUTO-RETURN #7 - Limited Edition 250gsm ZWRP Framed Art Print
AUTO-REVERSE #8 - Limited Edition 250gsm ZWRP Framed Art Print
ZWRP SINGULARITIES
OBJECTIONAL ART
They are 'singular' in terms of their uniqueness as one-off objects - but equally represent the coalescent terminus / singularity of themes threaded through the Zeitwarp concept.
Equally, the series is intended as a commentary / response to the displacement of the 'AI singularity' narrative.
The source material for the artefacts have featured previously in both physical and digital ZWRP/Zeitwarp artworks. The Singularities are their final destination.
““…that’s the kind of Avant Garde that gets my heart up…””
CLARIAN - Anjunadeep Artist, Founder of Tamago Streaming.
ANOTHER FINE EDITION OF YOU
PRINTS...
& THE REVOLUTION
A new limited edition art print is released exclusively to subscribers of the Outer Limits newsletter in our monthly 'ZWRP Drop'.
The heavy duty 250gsm print is available on a time limited basis for that month only - and can be collected framed or unframed. (Sign up for the Outer Limits at the bottom of this page if you would like to know what's coming and get access.)
'REAL2REAL #3' - Limited Edition 250gsm ZWRP Framed Art Print
PROMETHEUS UNPLUGGED #9 - Limited Edition 250gsm ZWRP Art Print
'FAST-FORWARD/REWIND #9' - Milan, October 2023
DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC NOISE #4 - Art Print
'GLITCH BREAKS - D MINOR III' - 250gsm ZWRP Framed Art Print
AUTO-RETURN #7 - Limited Edition 250gsm ZWRP Framed Art Print
AUTO-REVERSE #8 - Limited Edition 250gsm ZWRP Framed Art Print
DIGITAL | PHYSICAL | AR
REMAKE / REMODEL
GLITCH BREAKS are audiovisual remix artworks derived from a physical MUSIC GRAFFITI painting using the FEEDBACK LOOPS methodology.
THE CAYMANA
FOR THE CULTURE
'The Caymana' is an outreach, education and creative support mission for grassroots culture.
In 2017 we started an informal scheme to support touring musicians with somewhere to crash for free in the storage space above our garage studio. (It was called The Caymana - explain later!)
Now we are building on this foundation with a wide ranging program to support emerging musicians and independent grassroots music projects.
INTERVIEWS | PODCASTS | SPEAKING | WORKSHOPS
TALKING HEAD
Public speaking, podcast guesting and radio interviews on the intersection of 'culture, technology and humanity' - and shining a light on 'The Caymana' as an example of a DIY initiative that makes a difference to grassroots culture.
Public speaking, podcast guesting and radio interviews on the intersection of 'culture, technology and humanity' - and shining a light on 'The Caymana' as an example of a DIY initiative that makes a difference to grassroots culture.
WHO ARE YOU?
ZEITWARP...
W(HO)TF?
My name is Dan Quill. Zeitwarp is both the name of my studio studio and the outlet for my own multi-disciplinary creative practice, broadcast node and cultural support program.
During a fluctuating and varied career journey, the ideas and output that represent the Zeitwarp concept continued to develop in an inverse relationship with any definition of a conventional vocation.
Eventually, it took over completely.
This was probably always going to happen.
'Portrait of the artist'...as a 1980's transhumanist pseudo-CGI analogue/digital cyber-media icon.
CRIME SCENES Installation Exhibition, Cambridge 2019
"Back in the garage with my bullshit detector" - ZWRP Live Broadcast 2023
Immersive Art Workshop - Arroz Estúdios, Lisbon, Nov 2924
The Summer of DALL-E 2 - Lisbon Sept 2022
ANTI-SOCIALS ?
SLAVE TO THE 'RITHM
"Never stop the action, Keep it up, Keep it up"
Slave to the Rhythm - GRACE JONES
"It is the consumer who is consumed...You are the end product."
“Television Delivers People” - 1973 | RICHARD SERA
Yes, social media is pernicious, manipulative, unreliable, addictive etc. Moreover it's also owned by some of the richest narcissists on the planet - ("same as it ever was...")
With the algorithms rewarding engagement and 'time on platform', and in an economy where attention is an almost fundamental requirement, it's easy to become committed to chasing the dopamine dragon in a hamster wheel existence.
Let's face it, it's probably a bad thing
The problem of course is that the vanity metrics of 'social proof' are the often the key to external perception and - in the case of artists, bands, businesses, whatever - the literal difference between success and failure.
Well - if you've got this far - then my hope is that you will not judge this book by the quantity of its algorithmic social footprint but instead by the quality of the 'content'.
WHERE TO BUY | HOW TO BUY | WHAT TO BUY
SHUT UP & TAKE MY MONEY!
New ZWRP artwork, objects and merch are available in time limited monthly 'ZWRP Drops' to subscribers of the Outer Limits newsletter.
Each monthly drop includes unique original work - such as a 'Singularity' installation object - along with a set of limited edition prints and/or merch that will only be available for that month and then discontinued.
Sign up below if you would like to know what's coming and get access.
THE OUTER LIMITS
The Outer Limits is a monthly email broadcast from Zeitwarp Studios featuring exclusive ZWRP art/objects/merch 'drops', upcoming exhibitions & installations, and news on everything we are doing to support and promote grassroots culture via The Caymana.
(Please remember to confirm your subscription in the email that you will receive right after signing up, thanks.)
ZWRP SINGULARITIES
OBJECTIONAL ART
The 'Singularities' are conceptual Ozymandian physical artefacts.
They are 'singular' in terms of their uniqueness as one-off objects - but equally represent the coalescent terminus / singularity of themes threaded through the Zeitwarp concept.
Equally, the series is intended as a commentary / response to the displacement of the 'AI singularity' narrative.
The source material for the artefacts have featured previously in both physical and digital ZWRP/Zeitwarp artworks. The Singularities are their final destination.
IS IT REAL? - OR IS IT MEMOREX?
ORGANIC ONLY
ZWRP/Zeitwarp artwork touches on multiple interlinked nodes - physical installation, digital / video art, physical paintings and objects, immersive activations (AR & VR), metaversal, sound/noise. etc.
The common thread is that every piece is an collage of real physical objects and images from my own collection of ephemera. Nothing is generated by AI or digital only tools.
The act of sourcing, collecting, repurposing, assembling and remixing the constituent parts is a fundamental to both the subjective process and artistic output.
'ICARUS LOOP #2' - Original Solar Walkman & Background (Painting)
Collage of IRL Physical Collage Objects - (Meta Man!)
FREE JAZZ #1 - Work in progress for Bangkok Exhibition Nov 2024
AUTO-RETURN - SINGULARITY #47 - Work in Progress
'FAST-FORWARD/REWIND #9' - Milan, October 2023
DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC NOISE #4 - Art Print
'GLITCH BREAKS - D MINOR III' - 250gsm ZWRP Framed Art Print
AUTO-RETURN #7 - Limited Edition 250gsm ZWRP Framed Art Print
AUTO-REVERSE #8 - Limited Edition 250gsm ZWRP Framed Art Print
ZWRP SINGULARITIES
OBJECTIONAL ART
The 'Singularities' are conceptual Ozymandian physical artefacts.
They are 'singular' in terms of their uniqueness as one-off objects - but equally represent the coalescent terminus / singularity of themes threaded through the Zeitwarp concept.
Equally, the series is intended as a commentary / response to the displacement of the 'AI singularity' narrative.
The source material for the artefacts have featured previously in both physical and digital ZWRP/Zeitwarp artworks. The Singularities are their final destination.
ANOTHER FINE EDITION OF YOU
PRINTS...
& THE REVOLUTION
A new limited edition art print is released exclusively to subscribers of the Outer Limits newsletter in our monthly 'ZWRP Drop'.
The heavy duty 250gsm print is available on a time limited basis for that month only - and can be collected framed or unframed. (Sign up for the Outer Limits at the bottom of this page if you would like to know what's coming and get access.)
'REAL2REAL #3' - Limited Edition 250gsm ZWRP Framed Art Print
PROMETHEUS UNPLUGGED #9 - Limited Edition 250gsm ZWRP Art Print
'FAST-FORWARD/REWIND #9' - Milan, October 2023
DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC NOISE #4 - Art Print
'GLITCH BREAKS - D MINOR III' - 250gsm ZWRP Framed Art Print
AUTO-RETURN #7 - Limited Edition 250gsm ZWRP Framed Art Print
AUTO-REVERSE #8 - Limited Edition 250gsm ZWRP Framed Art Print
IS IT REAL? - OR IS IT MEMOREX?
ORGANIC ONLY
ZWRP/Zeitwarp artwork touches on multiple interlinked nodes - physical installation, digital / video art, physical paintings and objects, immersive activations (AR & VR), metaversal, sound/noise. etc.
The common thread is that every piece is an 'IRL Collage' of real physical objects and images from my own collection of ephemera. Nothing is generated by AI or digital only tools.
The act of sourcing, collecting, repurposing/assembling and remixing the constituent parts is a fundamental of both the subjective process and artistic output.
SLEEVE NOTES
All original images and text are the exclusive copyright of Zeitwarp Studios.
Please do not copy or reproduce any of our original images and text without permission.
(That includes you AI Scraper-Bot & 'Old Skool Right Click - Save As Guy')
Nb: While ZWRP is an entirely made up brand name of Zeitwarp Studios, our lawyers are ravenous and unforgiving beasts and we do not feed them
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