Well it happened a little while back, but yes we are part of Courvoisier Future500! The initiative set up to identify 'the brightest and best rising stars across ten fields in the UK' has deemed Grok Institute to be one of the finest creative collectives and curators in the realm of the arts in 2009.
It's always nice to be appreciated for doing something you love.
Digital Nights. Disco Lights.
As you may know, Grok Institute were asked to curate the music for WYWH and the launch party was a blast. Thanks for everyone who made it an amazing night.
P.s. Dante and Das Volt were amazing. Our very own J. Saintil wasn't too bad either.
See more images here:
J. Saintil (left) and Dante Gonzalez (right)
We're happy to announce that Grok Institute will be curating the London segment of 'Wish You Were Here Swap' in conjunction with Beyond The Valley Insight.
Running from October 1st til October 31st in the Newburgh Quarter, the exchange sees L.E.S artists across all mediums descend onto Newburgh Quarter for the duration. We at Grok were asked to put together a line-up for the four events and we feel we've done a pretty good job.
"NY, like London, is a transient city. A place where New Yorkers move but remain quintessentially NY, and those from outside travel through and remain indelibly stamped by the city. This especially happens with music, so we curated artists and DJs who are from the city, have made their name there, have been touched by it or take part or their sound from it
It’s a celebration. From future hip hop, hipster bounce and bassline business to disco and electronic fuzz. We’re especially excited to have so many UK exclusives for the events. We hope everyone enjoys the music as much as we enjoyed putting it together.” - Grok Institute
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Line- Up
OCT 1ST - LAUNCH PARTY
Dante (Dante Fried Chicken) NYC - UK Exclusive.
Das Volt (Late Night Audio) NYC/FR - Exclusive DJ set.
J. Saintil (Grok Institute)
OCT 18TH - BLOCK PARTY
Patchwork Pirates (Exclusive Block Party Set) UK
D.R.E.W. LA/NYC - UK Exclusive
OCT 31ST - CLOSING/HALLOWEEN PARTY.
Sensation - UK Exclusive
Rasputin RO/NYC - UK Exclusive
The opening event is this Thursday Oct 1st complete with free Brooklyn Lager, Hendrick's Gin, Pretzels, Hot Dogs and a whole host of other NYC delicacies. It's RSVP only mind so please do so here:
rsvp@beyondthevalleyinsight.com
Hopefully see you there.
Grok Institute. x
GROK INSTITUTE | MICRO FORMAT
After a mini break we're back with a sneaky 2nd Thursday (July 9th 2009) treat for you all. Grok Institute Micro Format works on the ethos of being less of a gallery and more of a party by presenting a killer line-up of music and digital art for one night only.
9PM - 2AM is the window we give you into something new and decidedly digital.
Line-up Summe:
Muravchix { Heartbreak, Lex }, Fast Eddie { IIDisco }, J. Saintil { IIDisco, Grok Institute }, Andrew Lo Train { Grok Institute, MIRROR/CUBE, Minimallondon }, Per Bojsen-Moller (MIRROR/CUBE), Anita Fontaine { anitafontaine.com }, Nanika { nanikawa.com }, Carl Burgess { moresoon.org }, Harm Van Den Dorpel { harmvandendorpel.com }
GROK | WE'RE ARCHIVING GROK001
We're now busily collating photographs and footage from the GROK001 events, popup galleries and installations. If you have something that you think me might like to add to the archive please send it our way.
GROK | PROTEIN FORUM #2
We've got a special edition Protein Forum coming up on Thursday March 5th, where some of the artists involved in Grok will talk about theiur work, their inspirations and their methods. If you'd like to attend please either RSVP on Eventbrite or drop a mail to rsvp@grokinstitute.com and we'll try and squeeze you onto the guestlist.
GROK | THANKS FOR LAUNCHING WITH US!
We'd like to say a big thank you to everyone who made it down for the launch, and to everyone who helped make it a success. We're now in full swing of curating five popup galleries (two daytime spaces and three at night) for the next couple of weeks, so come down and pay us a visit.
+ Stay tuned for details on the special edition Protein Forum that's coming up next Thursday.
