United Visual Artists - Pandamonium
United Visual Artists
Frozen in Time
C-type print
H 91 x L 71 cm (image size) framed
Lot no: 2
UVA recreated the panda in ice, then allowed it to melt in their studio. This single image remains – the only record of its existence.
“… representative of our lack of understanding of the world we inhabit … the ice melted faster than predicted and once this image was created the piece slipped, fell and smashed into thousands of shards of ice, which melted and flooded our studio.”
Estimated value: £1,000 - £1,500
United Visual Artists (UVA) is a London-based art and design collective whose practice spans permanent architectural installations, live performance and interactive art installations. R&D is core to their process enabling them to constantly explore new fields as well as re-examine more established ones. UVA’s work is about social experience, turning the audience into active participants. Collaborations with architects: OMA, Wilkinson Eyre and in the music world with: Arctic Monkeys, Basement Jaxx, Massive Attack and U2, MTV Europe. In 2008 they were shortlisted for the Darwin bicentenary Commission at the Natural History Museum, London and in the same year, they were invited to be part of Meltdown curated by Massive Attack, UVA has been selected to create two major new public Art Commissions for Maple Leaf Square in Toronto Canada.
Selected exhibitions
2009 Earth, Royal Academy of Arts GSK Contemporary Season
2009 Chorus, A major new commission by Opera North, Leeds
2008 Hereafter Belsay Castle, Northumberland, England. Mori Art Museum,
Tokyo, Japan. Also Royal Academy of Arts London Array. Chuya
Museum, Commissioned by Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media
(YCAM) Yamaguchi.
2006 Volume, The Victoria & Albert, London; Southbank Centre, London;
Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia; Tapai County Hall, Taiwan
2006 Echo with Dance Group Mimbre, Turbine Hall Tate Modern touring
to Teatro Sociale di Como, Italy 2009
The auction
The pieces will be auctioned on 12 October at Selfridges, Oxford Street, London to raise funds for WWF.
To register your interest in attending the auction, please contact:
WWF-UK,
+44 (0)1483 412 349
pandamonium@wwf.org.uk
Written bids
Download and complete the absentee bid form (PDF 540KB) and return to:
Georgina Bridge
Pandamonium Auction
WWF-UK
Panda House,
Weyside Park, Godalming
GU7 1XR
F. +44 (0)1483 426 409