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Exhibition breaks all visitor records
Figures have been announced for QUAD’s most recent exhibition, What a Loving, and Beautiful World by Japanese collective teamLab. With 19,287 visitors the exhibition has broken all previous visitor records for the venue. The visitors to What a Loving, and Beautiful World have overtaken
QUAD’s best exhibitions Pride and the Passion: Contemporary Art, Football and the Derby County Collection and V.02, a collection of interactive digital artwork. QUAD, a cinema, gallery, café bar and workshop situated in Derby’s
Cathedral Quarter, provides facilities and services that connect people and businesses to art and film, creating opportunities for entertainment, education and participation. What a Loving, and Beautiful World is an installation of projected
computer generated artworks featuring 22 Sino-Japanese nature- inspired characters, including sun, moon, water, trees and birds, by the
calligrapher Shishū. As the characters cascade down from ceiling to floor they can be activated either by human touch or shadows, transforming the images into new motifs associated with their meanings. The artwork was created by teamLab, a Japanese interdisciplinary
creative collective who describe themselves as ‘Ultra-technologists’. They produce large-scale immersive installations that utilise the latest computer modelling techniques to create stunning interactive visual art experiences. What a Loving, and Beautiful World, in QUAD was the UK premiere of the exhibition. QUAD CEO Adam Buss said: “This exhibition has brought in so
2017’s Enterprising Women award winners
in Business in Leicestershire, which merged with Enterprising Women. The gala dinner was hosted by
Enterprising Women: Eileen Richards (left) with Jean Mountain
Conference Works and Purpose
Media were AV sponsor and Media sponsor respectively. Enterprising Women is co-
Chaired by Jean Mountain, a Director and Immediate Past President of East Midlands Chamber (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire), and Eileen Richards, owner of ER Recruitment and former Chair of Integra for Women
freelance presenter Emma Jesson, who was GMTV’s first weathergirl, later working for ITV Central and ITV Granada. The event’s headline sponsor,
Cambridge & Counties Bank, also coordinates a Women in Business mentoring scheme, which is supported by Enterprising Women. The successful mentees, which
were also announced on the night, were Amanda Overend of Books & Pieces, Jade Patel of Cambridge & Counties Bank, Neha Kadiwar of Hastings Direct, Sarah Wilkins of Lumbers and Lynsey Hyslop of The Rugby Players Association.
many new visitors to the venue. It is testament to how potentially complex digital technology can be presented in an inspiring and accessible way to engage with audiences of all ages.” QUAD Curator Peter Bonnell added: “What a Loving, and Beautiful
World is actually about people coming together and these visitor figures demonstrate the appeal of great art.”
What a Loving, and Beautiful World in QUAD Gallery
Photo courtesy of Charlotte Jopling
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