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05/17/2019

Come check out the ethereal HEINRICH'S DREAMSCAPE by Moral Turgeman at 323 Canal through May 30th.

In the new exhibit Heinrich's Dreamscape at 323 Canal, artist Moral Turgeman along with Kelsey Falter and Tansy Kaschak explore the neurological condition synesthesia through multi-sensory installations.

05/03/2019

An overview of Lance Weiler's "Where There's Smoke", experience, which has been extended through this weekend https://noproscenium.com/tribeca-immersive-2019-diary-part-6-the-things-that-survived-the-fire-e90abad0038c

Lance Weiler’s beautiful, unforgettable ‘Where There’s Smoke’ brings a documentary to life

05/03/2019

We're taking limited reservations for free viewings of the Where There's Smoke immersive experience tomorrow, Sunday and Monday at 359 Canal Street. Space is limited to 4 people per viewing. Reserve your slot here: https://www.oncanal.nyc/wheretheressmoke

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04/25/2019

An official selection in this year’s Film Festival, Lance Weiler's film, "Where There's Smoke," mixes documentary, immersive theater, graphic novel media, and an escape room to explore memory and loss. Opening at 359 Canal Street tomorrow to TFF ticket holders, don’t miss this one of a kind experience

04/23/2019

TRANSFER's 'Forging the Gods' curated by Julia Kaganskiy is on view until May 11th at 423 Broadway as part of . Don't miss it!

The artists in this exhibition make it clear: the moment that AI takes over will be facilitated by human hubris and fallibility.

04/10/2019

Set in the year 2039, 'Kitty AI' from Pinar Yoldas depicts a future where an artificial intelligence in the form of a digital kitten becomes the first non-human governor. The film offers a humorous yet critical exploration of automated governance, more-than-human forms of intelligence, and affective computing, a field of research and development building systems and devices that can recognize, interpret, simulate and influence human emotions.

'Forging the Gods' curated by Julia Kaganskiy opens April 18 – May 11 with support from wallplay, Knight Foundation, WorldStage http://transfer.gallery/forging-the-gods/

Image Credit: Pinar Yoldas ‘Kitty AI’ (2016) installation view at Röda Sten Konsthall, image courtesy the artist.

10/03/2018

Tomorrow from 6-9 PM our October Program "Realities" launches ON CANAL. See you there!

04/24/2018

We will have 22 storefronts starting this summer onwards, Wallplay will be transforming Canal Street into an Experiential Arts & Innovation District!

If you are interested in having a pop-up space for your startup or project and would like to apply to be apart of our original programming submit your idea on www.wallplay.com by clicking the collaborate button. All submissions will be reviewed by our curatorial team ( Laura O'Reilly, Sonny Gindi of Vibes, Alessandra De Benedetti & Regina Harsanyi )

Read about the future of Canal Street here: https://www.thecut.com/…/new-yorks-canal-street-is-going-to…

The knockoff haven will soon welcome VR museums and digital artwork displays.

07/27/2017

GALLERY 151 is pleased to present SYNÆSTHESIA, a multisensory installation by New York-based photographer and filmmaker, Ashley G. Garner in collaboration with Wallplay.

The synesthesia phenomenon is traditionally thought to be a synaptic overlapping of senses; such as hearing color or associating sound with scent. Garner has synthesized dyes, influenced by color psychology, with symbolic flora to elucidate this phenomenon in viewers with a six-part video series featuring audio compositions by ALURIA. Solfeggio frequencies, an ancient six-tone musical scale speculated to have healing properties, are explored physically within the exhibition space.

Wallplay has created multi-sensory meditation stations for each of the six videos & audio compositions. Each video station features a still image and live flowers, paired with an essential oil blend & colored light that connects with a corresponding chakra. Participants are seated on meditation cushions and immersed in a symphony for the senses. The stations create a multidimensional path for participants to journey through Garner’s work.

Together, visitors can explore their inner world and entertain different states of consciousness while traveling through each tone in the Solfeggio scale. Wallplay’s installation design connects ALURIA’s healing Solfeggio compositions as a singular chorus, which can be experienced individually or fully when standing at the center of the gallery.

“The vastness of the universe and everything within it can be simplified as the output of energy by unique vibrational frequencies. Using techniques, such as brainwave entrainment, which “tunes” the brain to a specific frequency, it is theoretically possible to influence different states of consciousness.” -Ashley G. Garner

Exhibiting SYNÆSTHESIA in physical spaces will be an ongoing collaboration between Ashley G. Garner and Wallplay. Over the next year, the series will evolve and be scaled through collaborations with technology & wellness partners to reach a wide audience in mixed reality settings.

For more information contact [email protected]

SYNÆSTHESIA is on view to the public through September, 1st 2017
Monday - Saturday 11-6pm
Gallery 151, 245 West 14th Street, New York City
For inquiries contact [email protected]

SYNÆSTHESIA at Gallery 151 is made possible by the generous support of
Alfa DM & Michael Namer

05/02/2017

The latest collab is now live! Directed by Alexis Deforges & launched with generous support from Jakprints. Tune in to Juxtapoz Magazine on Thursday for Episode 2!

For the next two weeks, Juxtapoz will be presenting the 4-part documentary Stick to It, an in-depth look at the role of stickers in str...

01/19/2017

Last night of VR experience CVRTAIN by Yehuda Duenyas presented by PS 122 in partnership with Wallplay. Get your tickets here: http://www.ps122.org/cvrtain/ Come on by the gallery this week to experience what it's like to be on a stage in front of thousands of people---and also check out John Platt's solo installation in the west side of the space, amazing paintings!

As part of PS122's Coil 2017 Festival, Emmy award-winning experiential director Yehuda Duenyas’ CVRTAIN is a virtual reality experience that draws on the tools of gaming and immersive theater to give you a highly personalized standing ovation.

12/07/2016

Laura O’Reilly, the founder of Wallplay, an experiential creative agency that specializes in connecting artists and technologists to brands for unique experiences and campaigns, threw an art party in Manhattan this past weekend that catered to New Yorkers who couldn’t attend or more likely opted out...

11/29/2016

Why go to Miami for Art Basel if you can scroll through your instagram feed?

This is the question we asked ourselves when deciding if we wanted to go to Miami for Art Basel this year.

We decided to create an art experience that would transport people to Miami without having to wait on lines while the list is getting checked, deal with uber traffic, have your feet hurt, or see the same people you see in New York in Miami. Now you can see them in New York this coming weekend!

Welcome to META MIAMI, where there's no FOMO, because truly we are all connected.

There will be buckets of sand, beach chairs, sun light lamps and humidity in a bottle. Gallery 151 and Wallplay Chelsea are two spaces connected by glass doors in the middle. In the East space Nitemind will takeover with a metaphysical light art installation; on the West side, Imaginary Media will be projecting a live stream of instagram feeds from Miami so we can see what's going on in real time.

Wallplay representatives on site in Miami will be Facebook live streaming their experience at art parties and fairs. Wallplay has two installations in Miami for Basel, but our curatorial team decided to stay in NYC and keep you warm where it counts.

Join us for META MIAMI, it's so meta.

RSVP here: https://metamiami.splashthat.com
Message us for access code if you would like to attend
Friday Dec 2nd 8-11pm (private event)
Saturday Dec 3rd 8-11pm (private event)
Sunday 12-6pm (open to the public)

Location: Gallery 151 | Wallplay Chelsea 132 west 18th street NY NY 10011

11/16/2016

Infiniti x Nitemind, Jack in the Box & The Argus Project
Experiences Curated by wallplay
Technology created in partnership with Imaginary Media

11/16/2016

We hosted UN:LOAD this evening at our Chelsea location, very interesting new "conscious contemporary" line from UN:DO. Clothing line made from bullet holes, percent of proceeds donated to gun control law reform non-profit.

08/25/2016

Join Us this Saturday at wallplay shop on 312 Bowery for Re:Purpose, a group exhibition featuring 7 artists who transform ordinary objects into art. Presented by MTN DEW® BLACK LABEL®, curated by wallplay in collaboration with Complex.

08/05/2016

KidSuper's solo installation "Watching TV As A Minority" opened tonight at wallplay shop 312 Bowery. Watch the video below. Check out wallplay.com for more info or pop in Mon-Friday from 2-7pm through August 16th.

An art gallery asked me to do a project on race and what it feels like to be white. I really was hesitant about this project because no matter what I said it...

07/07/2016

Join us this Thursday night July 7th from 8-10pm at WhiteBox located at 329 Broome Street inside of "Natalie White for Equal Rights" the evening before Natalie White begins her from WhiteBox to Washington DC to raise awareness for the Equal Rights Amendment. Join us for live musical performances by & MISSANTHROPICA --no cover, donate what you can at the door towards the

07/06/2016

Thanks Jezebel for the coverage! Find out more at nataliewhiteforequalrights.org

07/05/2016

Friday was a very special day! We'll miss 118 Orchard--the next chapter continues! Find us at 312 Bowery at our project shop and at 132 west 18th street in Chelsea. http://bedfordandbowery.com/2016/07/wallplay-farewell-party-tonight/

Today is Wallplay's last day on the Lower East Side before it has to vacate the premises at 118 Orchard Street, and if you'll remember, they're throwing one hell of a farewell party to commemorate their pop-up space, which during its short history added some serious color to ...

06/01/2016

Check out The Strokes pop-up shop that wallplay curated & created the concept for, "No Room" a conceptual hotel & record shop installation: http://ny.racked.com/2016/5/31/11818326/strokes-tour-pop-up-shop-nyc-bowery

It's officially A Thing.

04/14/2016

wallplay's art director Daniel Clark is featured in this video directed by Jenna Josepher and Ege Soyuer. Enjoy!

02/05/2016

Watch artist Julia Sinelnikova's process behind the creation of "Black Fairy Egg Nest", exhibited at .

SUPPORT MY INTERACTIVE ART RESIDENCY AT THE BANFF CENTRE, MARCH 2015! LINK: http://ow.ly/XUwwi This video shows the making of "Black Fairy Egg Nest,"…

02/04/2016

Yi Zhou's "BodyMemory身体记忆: Stories" exhibition at Wallplay Shop featured in SinoVision.

Beijing artist Yi Zhou collects plaster casts of people’s body parts, along with the stories behind them, and turns them into accessories. SinoVision Journal reporter Lani Nelson went to Wallplay Shop, where Yi Zhou had a pop-up shop showcasing her personally-casted “body” jewelry, and brings yo

02/01/2016

"Drugz Equal Death" by now on our Orchard Street billboards.