40 Artists, 17 venues, 9 days
This news post marks the end of Frequency 2013. We have welcomed thousands of people through our doors, immersing them in digital culture to inspire, challenge and encourage creative debate.
2013 saw the UK/European premiere of LA group WIFE, and 11 other World Premiere events, brought into the heart of Lincoln. With work from Lincolnshire-based, national and overseas artists alike, Frequency 2013 has brought innovative, diverse work to Lincoln. From screenless animation, to video goggles, to projection mapping, we’ve explored the possibilities and the changing relationships between digital and art.
Our Storify articles have captured comments, photos and videos to see the Festival through your eyes. Take a look to see the journey of the Festival and for a breakdown of the highlights. We also received some fantastic write ups from New Scientist, Design Week, Run Riot and Wild Culture.
“there’s a pretty good chance that Lincoln, the steeply cobbled East Midlands treasure that motorways forgot, might just become the destination for digital culture in the UK”
– Wild Culture
The synergy between historic sites and new technologies has been at the heart of Frequency. To all of those who saw, for example, Trope’s Conversio at Posterngate or Alexis Rago’s Impermanent and Everlasting at Chad Varah House, you could experience first hand how the city of Lincoln was integral to the work, and we look forward to exploring these interconnections further in 2015.
Although the Festival has ended, Frequency is still about… We are delighted that The Collection will be running Where are we now? until 12th January, and the National Centre for Craft and Design will be running Alexis Rago’s Chaos Contained until the 17th November and Revolution in the Bedroom, War in the Playground until the 5th January.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank our partners, supporters, artists and all of our wonderful volunteers, all of whom helped make Frequency 2013 happen.
As 2013 ends we are already looking forward to Frequency 2015, when we will join in with the celebrations of the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta, exploring ideas around Liberation during the October Half Term.
We’ll see you then.
– Threshold Studios & the Frequency Partners
