WALTER & ZONIEL | THE CONSTELLATION OF TOKI

WA LT E R H U G O & ZONIEL

T H E C O N S T E L L AT I O N O F TO K I

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Installation View - Gazelli Art House

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Installation view - Liverpool

7 Foreward

Mila Askarova - Director of Gazelli Art House 8

Installation view - Liverpool

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Ghost Nebula Series

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Embryo Nebula Series

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Echo Nebula Series

46 - 47 Installation Views

48 - 49 Artists’ Statement & CV

27th of June to 27th July 2014 Gazelli Art House, 39 Dover Street W1S 4NN, London

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The Physical Possibility of Inspiring Imagination in the Mind of Somebody Living� installation - Liverpool - 2014

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Foreword

Mila Askarova, Founder and Director of Gazelli Art House 7

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Foreword To run in advance of and concurrently with the Liverpool Biennial 26th June – 26th July, one of the distinctive artistic installations will feature a derelict shop window, which will in the evening open its shutters to host a vast water tank of 20 living jellyfish.

The psychedelic kinaesthetic watery display of the gelatinous free-swimming aquatic form marine animals, sponsored by London Gazelli Art House (London), “is intended to provoke a discordant presence within the anonymity of the derelict building and intrigue those in the surrounding area”.

Based on the concept that the “immediacy of art within the public realm has the potential to inspire”, the artists, Walter Hugo & Zoniel, whose works were nominated for the “Foam” Paul Hoff Prize in 2014, have relied on word of mouth within the community to generate interest in, and ownership of, the project.

As part of the site-specific window project in Liverpool, run by the Gazelli Art House (London) Azerbaijani Founder and Director Mila Askarova, a livestreaming a video of the Liverpool-based work in High Park Street (Liverpool) from within the jellyfish tank will be projected on to the gallery’s window in Dover Street (London).

Using the frontage of the gallery as a screen, viewers will be able see through the tank into the streets of Toxteth – creating a “virtual corridor between the two cities”. Walter Hugo & Zoniel will also be displaying photographic works – surreal records of the project’s development.

Walter Hugo & Zoniel are a young London based Artist duo. Multi-disciplinary in their practice whose work is centred on utilising scientific process and pioneering the modern development of early photographic techniques.

Gazelli Art House opened its first permanent gallery space on Dover Street, London, in March 2012 after hosting conceptually interlinked off-site exhibitions across London in 2011. The gallery now concentrates on the development of its education programme. In October 2012, the gallery re-opened its original space in Baku, Azerbaijan where it held exhibitions with Azeri artists since 2003.

Written by Pippa Jane Wielgos

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9 May 2014 Huffington Post

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G H O S T N E B U L A TO K I

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Walter Hugo & Zoniel Toki 1 - Gh/n Distant Closeness digital print surface mounted on dibond 100 x 140 cm 2014 12

Walter Hugo & Zoniel Toki 2 - Gh/n The torrent of the lights digital print surface mounted on dibond 100 x 140 cm 2014 13

Walter Hugo & Zoniel Toki 3 - Gh/n Of Orbs and Water digital print surface mounted on dibond 100 x 140 cm 2014 14

Walter Hugo & Zoniel Toki 4 - Gh/n The Orbit of Venus digital print surface mounted on dibond 100 x 140 cm 2014 15

Walter Hugo & Zoniel Toki 5 - Gh/n Duality digital print surface mounted on dibond 100 x 140 cm 2014 16

Walter Hugo & Zoniel Toki 6 - Gh/n The Acrobat of Height digital print surface mounted on dibond 100 x 140 cm 2014 17

Walter Hugo & Zoniel Toki 7 - Gh/n The Dance of Fire digital print surface mounted on dibond 84 x 112 cm 2014 18

Walter Hugo & Zoniel Toki 8 - Gh/n Weightless Vision digital print surface mounted on dibond 84 x 112 cm 2014 19

Walter Hugo & Zoniel Toki 9 - Gh/n The Curve of the Wind digital print surface mounted on dibond 84 x 112 cm 2014 20

Walter Hugo & Zoniel Toki 10 - Gh/n The Bow digital print surface mounted on dibond 84 x 112 cm 2014 21

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E M B R YO N E B U L A TO K I

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Walter Hugo & Zoniel Toki 1 - Em/n The Journey of Venus digital print surface mounted on dibond 100 x 140 cm 2014 24

Walter Hugo & Zoniel Toki 2 - Em/n The Guide of the East digital print surface mounted on dibond 100 x 140 cm 2014 25

Walter Hugo & Zoniel Toki 3 - Em/n The Knot of Future digital print surface mounted on dibond 100 x 140 cm 2014 26

Walter Hugo & Zoniel Toki 4 - Em/n The Impermanence of Self digital print surface mounted on dibond 100 x 140 cm 2014 27

Walter Hugo & Zoniel Toki 5 - Em/n The Compass digital print surface mounted on dibond 100 x 140 cm 2014 28

Walter Hugo & Zoniel Toki 6 - Em/n The Fusion of our Worlds digital print surface mounted on dibond 100 x 140 cm 2014 29

Walter Hugo & Zoniel Toki 7 - Em/n The Purity of Status digital print surface mounted on dibond 84 x 112 cm 2014 30

Walter Hugo & Zoniel Toki 8 - Em/n Infusion Duality digital print surface mounted on dibond 84 x 112 cm 2014 31

Walter Hugo & Zoniel Toki 9 - Em/n The First Moon of Toki digital print surface mounted on dibond 84 x 112 cm 2014 32

Walter Hugo & Zoniel Toki 10 - Em/n The Thirst of Light digital print surface mounted on dibond 84 x 112 cm 2014 33

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Walter Hugo & Zoniel Toki 1 - Ec/n The Spirits of Elation digital print surface mounted on dibond 100 x 140 cm 2014 36

Walter Hugo & Zoniel Toki 2 - Ec/n Absolution digital print surface mounted on dibond 100 x 140 cm 2014 37

Walter Hugo & Zoniel Toki 3 - Ec/n The embrace of void digital print surface mounted on dibond 100 x 140 cm 2014 38

Walter Hugo & Zoniel Toki 4 - Ec/n The Conquerer Reigns digital print surface mounted on dibond 100 x 140 cm 2014 39

Walter Hugo & Zoniel Toki 5 - Ec/n The Sight of the Sky Dewllers digital print surface mounted on dibond 100 x 140 cm 2014 40

Walter Hugo & Zoniel Toki 6 - Ec/n Wisp of Siren digital print surface mounted on dibond 100 x 140 cm 2014 41

Walter Hugo & Zoniel Toki 7 - Ec/n Ascention digital print surface mounted on dibond 84 x 112 cm 2014 42

Walter Hugo & Zoniel Toki 8 - Ec/n The Light of the Wanderers digital print surface mounted on dibond 84 x 112 cm 2014 43

Walter Hugo & Zoniel Toki 9 - Ec/n The Lure of Knowledge digital print surface mounted on dibond 84 x 112 cm 2014 44

Walter Hugo & Zoniel Toki 10 - Ec/n Submersion digital print surface mounted on dibond 84 x 112 cm 2014 45

Walter Hugo & Zoniel are a young London based Artist duo. Multi-disciplinary in their practice, much of Walter & Zoniel’s work is centred on utilising scientific process and pioneering the modern development of early photographic techniques.

Devoid of the overwhelmingly polished look of a contemporary photograph, their evolved ambrotypes, tintypes, salt prints and pigment prints are not only laboured with the marks of their own hand making, but also capture the life of the subject in an unparalleled way.

Walter Hugo & Zoniel have exhibited nationally and internationally including shows in Tel Aviv and New York.

They have had work displayed in museums including Tate Britain, and have most recently been nominated for the 2014 Paul Huf prize in Amsterdam.Walter Hugo & Zoniel are a young London based Artist duo.

Multi-disciplinary in their practice, much of Walter & Zoniel’s work is centred on utilising scientific process and pioneering the modern development of early photographic techniques.

Walter Hugo & Zoniel are a young London based Artist duo. Multi-disciplinary in their practice, much of Walter & Zoniel’s work is centred on utilising scientific process and pioneering the modern development of early photographic techniques.

Devoid of the overwhelmingly polished look of a contemporary photograph, their evolved ambrotypes, tintypes, salt prints and pigment prints are not only laboured with the marks of their own hand making, but also capture the life of the subject in an unparalleled way.

Walter Hugo & Zoniel have exhibited nationally and internationally including shows in Tel Aviv and New York. They have had work displayed in museums including Tate Britain, and have most recently been nominated for the 2014 Paul Huf prize in Amsterdam.

Walter Hugo & Zoniel are a young London based Artist duo. Multi-disciplinary in their

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practice, much of Walter & Zoniel’s work is centred on utilising scientific process and pioneering the modern development of early photographic techniques.

Devoid of the overwhelmingly polished look of a contemporary photograph, their evolved ambrotypes, tin-types, salt prints and pigment prints are not only laboured with the marks of their own hand making, but also capture the life of the subject in an unparalleled way.

Walter Hugo & Zoniel have exhibited nationally and internationally including shows in Tel Aviv and New York.

They have had work displayed in museums including Tate Britain, and have most recently been nominated for the 2014 Paul Huf prize in Amsterdam.

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WA LT E R H U G O & Z O N I E L Walter Hugo & Zoniel are a young London based Artist duo. Multi-disciplinary in their practice, much of Walter & Zoniel’s work is centred on utilising scientific process and pioneering the modern development of early photographic techniques.

Devoid of the overwhelmingly polished look of a contemporary photograph, their evolved ambrotypes, tin-types, salt prints and pigment prints are not only laboured with the marks of their own hand making, but also capture the life of the subject in an unparalleled way.

Walter Hugo & Zoniel have exhibited nationally and internationally including shows in Tel Aviv and New York. They have had work displayed in museums including Tate Britain, and have most recently been nominated for the 2014 Paul Huf prize in Amsterdam.

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WA LT E R H U G O & Z O N I E L S E L E CT E D E X H I B I T I O N S 2013 2013 2012/13 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2010 2008

We Are An Island, Paul Smith Gallery, London, UK Implicit: Explicit, Solo Show, The Sixth Floor - Carrie Scott Represents, New York, USA Fathom, Four corners Gallery, London & Tour of UK Art and Science exhibition, Weizmann Institute of Science/Sommer Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel Bad For You, Beth Rudin DeWoody Curation, Shizaru Gallery, London, UK This Is London, Shizaru Gallery, London, UK A Moment in an Instant World, Shizaru Gallery, Solo show, London, UK PHOTO 50 – The New Alchemists, London Art Fair, London, UK In Your Face, SHOWstudio, London, UK Closer to something, Four Corners Gallery, London, UK Developing Shadows, Cob Gallery, Solo show, London, UK Practice to Deceive: Smoke & Mirrors in Fashion, Fine Art and Film, SHOWStudios gallery, London, UK Reflecting the Bright Lights, Arthur and Albert Gallery, London, UK Late at Tate Britian, wow wow and plastique fantastique, Tate Gallery, London, UK

RESIDENCIES 2012

Lab Projects, Art Council Residency Programme, Four Corners, London , UK Four Months residency, installation of giant format camera, production of Iconostatus

PRIZES Paul Hoff Prize, Foam Gallery, Amsterdam

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