Xcessive Aesthetics

A London-based interdisciplinary design collective exploring data and alternate realities. Graduates of MA Architecture @RCA @RCAarchitecture

[transmediale @transmediale]

For Out of Scale, @xa_studio presents AVASCAPE, an augmented reality installation navigating between the landscape of the city and its digital representation

📌at transmediale warehouse

▶https://t.co/UEiQrzTGVT

[The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL @BartlettArchUCL]

This week's CRUNCH: Thu 08 Feb, 18:30, 22 Gordon St

Igor Bragado and @milesgertler (Common Accounts), Dream Chittmittrapap (@XA_studio) and artist, curator, musician and DJ Parma Ham discuss bodies as material, bodies as aesthetics and bodies as labour.

https://t.co/YMwNqaGHAY

[Xcessive Aesthetics @XA_studio]

@British_Airways do you have any updates in regards to the winter snow storm in New York for Tuesday 13th February 2024? Shall we change/modify the date of flight? my flight from Newark will be heavily affected.

[London Design Festival @L_D_F]

#LDF22 IS OPEN! ✨

Join us from 17 - 25 September for London Design Festival’s 20th edition…

Across east, west, north and south, we hope everyone is able to visit some fo the 300+ partners, districts and events throughout the next ten days.

https://t.co/urTfs2WBxP

[Anonymous @YourAnonCentral]

How to bypass internet censorship.

Guide: https://t.co/OREvhKfHll

[Sumita Singha 💙 @Autotelic_Arch]

Interesting to see this attrition rate for Asian students of architecture in UK- what is happening @RIBAEducation? @architectming @vineshpomal @JessMinton_ @alanbenzie

[Xcessive Aesthetics @XA_studio]

Interesting thoughts written by XA member @BacharachEmmy on the future of architecture & urbanism in the age of algorithms #data #code #AugmentedReality #dataprivacy https://t.co/WKOcpOHCne

[Xcessive Aesthetics @XA_studio]

...particularly in light of the new network of BT ‘free wifi’ points. We have been directed to you by Ross Atkins who is also invovled in the project & so would love to get in touch with you! We look forward to hearing from you! XA

[Xcessive Aesthetics @XA_studio]

@adrianshort Hi Adrian! We're an all female collective who explore data & digital networks within the public realm. We are working on a project for the London Festival of Architecture 2020. The theme is "Power", which we are exploring through data & surveillance in public space

[Xcessive Aesthetics @XA_studio]

...particularly in light of the new network of BT ‘free wifi’ points which require you to hand over your personal data. We have been directed to you by Ross Atkins who is also invovled in the project & so would love to get in touch with you! Look forward to hearing from you! XA

[Xcessive Aesthetics @XA_studio]

@yoditstanton Hi Yodit, we're an all female collective who explore data & digital networks within the public realm. We are working on a project for the London Festival of Architecture 2020. The theme is "Power", which we are exploring through data & surveillance in public space

[Xcessive Aesthetics @XA_studio]

@Prof_Haddock hi nick, we’re an all female collective that explore data and digital networks with the public space. We meet last year at the RCA while you were a guest critic for the radical practice module and would love to get in touch with you in regards to a future project!

[Xcessive Aesthetics @XA_studio]

#thebestcitythatneverhappened (Part 3) The proposal uses the virtual space experienced through AR as a space of collective dreaming & experimentation that contrasts the regulated urban env of the physical city, but can both overlay it and reshape it over time. #AR #digitalcity

[Xcessive Aesthetics @XA_studio]

#thebestcitythatneverhappened (Part 2) Taking inspo from low poly gaming models, pop-culture refs & social media filters, users will select from a toolkit of blocks to create architectural forms & place objects within the virtual space around them. #gaming #AR #pastprojects

[Xcessive Aesthetics @XA_studio]

#thebestcitythatneverhappened (Part 1) is an interactive spatial experiment, inviting visitors to collaborate using digital tools and augmented reality to build a fantastical urban environment. #augmentedreality #AR #architecture #fyrefestival #pastprojects

[Xcessive Aesthetics @XA_studio]

A brilliant commentry exploring the complex narratives of desining for data centres and digital networks. Where it all began for us... 👏👏👏

[Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli @IPestellini]

I have shared few words on our obsession for the architecture of data on ⁦@e_flux⁩ Thank you ⁦@alucidwake⁩ for the kind invitation !!! ⁦@RCAarchitecture⁩ ⁦@RCA⁩ https://t.co/qJRa5Jm9mF

[Xcessive Aesthetics @XA_studio]

XA x XAMA: Augmented Nail Salon (1/6)
An installation and workshop based around XA member Teresa Boulting’s project XAMA: Internet at your Fingertips, augmented by XA.

[Xcessive Aesthetics @XA_studio]

XA x XAMA: Augmented Nail Salon (2/6)
XAMA explores Brazilian beauty salons, a traditional hub of social interaction and information dissemination, as a parallel and autonomous alternative to the hegemony of existing social media platforms.

[Xcessive Aesthetics @XA_studio]

XA x XAMA: Augmented Nail Salon (3/6)
The workshop took place in June 2019 as part of Michael Gozo’s ‘ShopWorkShop’, a Theatrum Mundi research project exploring the shop as a space of economic and artistic experimentation.

[Xcessive Aesthetics @XA_studio]

XA x XAMA: Augmented Nail Salon (4/6)
Hosting a live nail salon, XA invited members of the public to have their nails done while opening up discussions about the role of digital networks.