Kent’s School of Engineering and Digital Arts and the Nanyang Technical University in Singapore will collaborate once again to host the live digital arts programme WAVES-2, live-streamed on the event’s YouTube channel, taking place on Sunday 17 May at 12:00 (UTC).

Student artists from both Universities, as well as digital and performance artists from around the world will present art works live from their home during the two-hour broadcast. The live event will mix and blend together isolated artists, their styles and inspirations for the streaming audience, featuring dancing, poetry, photography and music. The broadcast will switch between various live audio/video streams as well as curated videos submitted by our contributing artists.

The central theme of the artwork is the various responses of both institutions’ second year students to their nations’ lockdown and the statement of creating art despite lockdown constraints.

Previously an opportunity for artists to meet in person, the WAVES event has been reincarnated as an online-event. The new format and theme of the exhibition, being focused on connecting isolating artists, was inspired by the recent exhibit of Nam Junes Paik’s work at the Tate Modern.

The event is taking place on Sunday 17 May at 12:00 (UTC) and can be viewed here.