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QUAD has announced details of exhibition events surrounding v.01 a unique digital audio visual environment created especially for QUAD Gallery, on display from 4th February.

v.01 is a major interactive audio and video installation by Artists from the Tech team at QUAD, TechsQUAD, and chromatic architect Aaron Bradbury, that can be manipulated by the public.  The public are also invited to experiment with the interactive installation Excessive Machine, by ::CHECKTHISPECKER:: featuring the music of Nottingham born producer/artist Kirk Spencer. QUAD will also be screening a number of interactive audio visual projects by artists and leaders in the field of digital media: Angelo Plessas, Stanza, Han Hoogerbrugge, Seaquence and The Johnny Cash Project.

The Exhibition Launch on Saturday 4th February at 6:30pm offers a chance to be the first to interact with the audio visual artworks together with live musicians who will create an incredible live soundtrack to the evening. Reel Music DJ's Wax On and Hudson will also present an evening of cinematic music to celebrate the opening of v.01 from 9:00pm.

Live Demonstrations with the TechsQUAD Artists will take place in QUAD Gallery every week day during the exhibition, Monday 6th until Friday 10th February, daily at 1:00pm.

A Circuit Bending Workshop with Nott Hack is a chance to use your soldering skills to bend the circuitry of electronic toys, creating an instrument that will beep, whirr and buzz in new and fascinating ways! Drawing on the practice of Reed Ghazala, Boards of Canada and Aphex Twin, Nott Hack will lead the workshop in QUAD on Saturday 11th February from 1:00pm to 3:00pm.  The Circuit Bending Workshop with Nott Hack is suitable for ages 13 and above and the cost is £10 per person, including all materials. Booking is essential, though QUAD Box Office.

An Artists Talk by Stanza will present the development of technology and its role within the arts over the last 15 years. The talk will introduce a number of Stanza's legendary and iconic artworks alongside the history and context of digital audio visual art. Stanza's website (Soundtoys.net) is a leading web based platform for the exhibition of exciting new works by audio visual artists and is available to view and interact with in QUAD during v.01. Stanza: A History of Digital Audio Visual Art is a free talk which takes place on Saturday 11th February from 5:00pm until 6:30pm.

Loose Connection, the v.01 exhibition Closing Event, takes place on Saturday 11th  February from 7:00pm. Continuing QUAD's celebration of sound, vision and collaboration in v.01, Loose Connection draws together some of our regular Connect @ QUAD events to present an open performance of live music, digital art, VJ-ing and film. The night kicks off with The Long Player album playback of Cerulean by Baths accompanied by visuals created by the Five Lamps Films film-making community and Pixel Synthesis. The tables are turned later in the evening when the audio takes its cues from the visual as local electronic musicians Mender and o_S_k_m collaborate to create a live soundtrack to the stunning vision of Fritz Lang's classic silent film, Metropolis. Continuing the audio visual experiments into the evening we invite participants and budding visual artists to plug into the 'Open Screen' to interact with and create a the night's very own unique VJ set.

V.01 will be on display in QUAD Gallery from Saturday 4th until Sunday 12th February 2012. V.01 exhibition will be accompanied by a series of events, click here for more information.