About us

|| ALPHA-VILLE || ART, MUSIC, DESIGN, TECHNOLOGY & WEB CULTURE

Alpha-ville is a platform dedicated to promoting and presenting the work of some of the most innovative artists, designers, creative practitioners and musicians from London and around the world. Our work involves:

 1. EVENTS

We curate and produce events as well as partner on events to showcase work, share ideas and bring artists, creatives and industry professionals together. Our main events are: 

- Alpha-ville International Festival of Digital Culture (2009-2011)

 To date, Alpha-ville has successfully produced 3 festival editions in London, worked with over 300 artists, commissioned 4 works and toured moving image programmes internationally. 

- Year-round events

Alpha-ville Live 

Ongoing series of events dedicated to exploring the relationship between music, visual art and the latest digital media techniques. 

Alpha-ville Screenings 

Ongoing series of events dedicated to showcasing moving image works, from across animation, experimental, documentary, music video and CGI.

Besides, Alpha-ville has co- produced events in Berlin and Ljubljana in collaboration with members of the ICAS Network.

 2. WEBZINE 

Alpha-ville also works as an online magazine at alpha-ville.co.uk featuring interviews, pick of the week, monthly podcasts and a related events calendar.

 Pick of the week

We curate and share a weekly selection of works from the field of digital culture.

 Music podcasts

The music podcast series feature some of the best sound artists, musicians and producers from around the globe.   

3. MOVING IMAGE PROGRAMMES

We curate, distribute and exhibit moving image programmes that feature talents from different genres including animation, experimental, documentary, music video and CGI.

4. AWARDS – THE FUTURE OF MOVING IMAGE AWARD 

The Award is dedicated to acknowledging and showcasing the best talent pushing the boundaries of moving image. 

In this website you will find information about:

- Festival programmes (past and upcoming editions)

- Music Podcasts: a series of interviews and podcasts featuring some of the best sound artists, musicians and producers from around the globe.   

- Picks of the Week: a weekly hand-picked selection presenting new and exciting works from the field of digital culture.

- Calendar of related events

Alpha-ville also offers professional services for companies and organisations. For more information visit the services page.

Alpha-ville is the London representative of the ICAS (International Cities of Advanced Sound) network. Members of this network include CTM (Berlin), Unsound (Krakow/NY), TodaysArt (The Hague), Mutek (Montreal) and FutureEverything (Manchester).

THE TEAM

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Estela Oliva, Founder and director  - @es_stela
Carmen Salas, Founder and director - @CarmenAlpha

We are proud to have the support of the following board of advisors members:

Katy Beale, Co-founder of Caper, Coding for Kids, Culture Hack and Women in a Room | @Katybeale

Oliva Bellas, Arts professional | @oliviabellas
Francesca Bria, Researcher and Teaching Associate at Imperial College Digital economy and Policy Advisor for the European Commission on Future Internet, Open Innovation, and Smart Cities
Stuart Brown, BFI Head of Events  | @Brownstu
Patrick Hussey, Marketing & Digital Director at Arts & Business  | @PatrickRiot
Janis Jefferies, Artist, Writer, Curator and Professor of Visual Arts in the Department of Computing, Goldsmiths University of London
Conor Roche, Head of Broadcast and New Media at the Roundhouse, NESTA Fellow as part of the Clore Leadership Programme 2011/12 and Digital Strategist for the Culture Learning Alliance (CLA) | @conorroche
Nicolas Wierinck, General and Artistic Director, Cimatics/Todays Arts Festivals, Brussels
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A big thank you all the volunteers and supporters of this project.