Vellum LA Presents

Hotel Blue:
A Home for the Virtual Beings of Tomorrow

Immersive Experience at SVStudios:
April 29, 2022 | 8-11 PM

SVStudios
3424 N. San Fernando Rd. Suite 3
Los Angeles, CA 90065

On View at Vellum LA:
April 30 - May 22, 2022

Panel Discussion:
May 11, 2022 | 7PM

Vellum LA
7673 Melrose Ave
Los Angeles CA 90046

Vellum LA presents Hotel Blue, our first ever Tezos NFT exhibition, curated by Alice Scope, benefitting Nova Ukraine.

Our opening reception will take place in the form of a one-night immersive experience at SVStudios’ 10,000 Sq ft space in Atwater Village.

Hotel Blue explores the concept of home and community for the future “us”––the virtual beings of tomorrow. The exhibition features works by eight women, non binary, and queer artists from six countries around the world whose works elaborate on how the body is used to give material form to an idea that has no form and space elsewhere in society.  As we become more immersed and dependent on rapidly evolving technology, it becomes increasingly difficult to discern the boundaries between humans and machines.

Post-human bodies are never at home. They live in common spaces online, and these spaces, often temporary and fleeting, resemble hotels more so than homes. The proliferation of self centered technology pushes our society to put forward ‘improved’ versions of ourselves, giving way to a multitude of individualized personas. But can this multitude live as a community? And if so, where would they live? What is home for virtual beings?  

Featuring works by:

Stacie Ant - Vitória Cribb - Crosslucid - Harriet Davey - Huntrezz, Keiken - Wednesday Kim - Paola Pinna

All works will be available for purchase on Rarible.

In partnership with Nova Ukraine, a majority of the proceeds from this exhibition will support real humans from Ukraine who lost their home during Russia’s invasion.