”Musical weirdo and visionary" (Vice) Beatie Wolfe is an artist who has beamed her music into space, been appointed a UN role model for innovation, and held an acclaimed solo exhibition of her ‘world first’ album designs at the Victoria & Albert Museum.
Named by WIRED Magazine as one of "22 people changing the world,” Wolfe is at the forefront of pioneering new formats for music that bridge the physical and digital, which include: a 3D theatre for the palm of your hand; a wearable record jacket cut by Bowie/Hendrix’s tailor out of fabric woven with Wolfe’s music; the world's first 360 AR live-stream from the quietest room on earth and a space broadcast via the Big Bang horn. Wolfe's latest innovation is an environmental protest piece built using 800,000 years of climate data to visualize rising CO2 levels, which premiered at the Nobel Prize Summit, the London Design Biennale and COP26.
Other recent projects include a collective art campaign in support of USPS with Mark Mothersbaugh and the world's first bioplastic record release with Michael Stipe. Wolfe is also the co-founder of a “profound” (The Times) research project looking at the power of music for dementia.
Projects
- SXSW: A Conversation with Brian Eno & Beatie WolfeA conversation between musical visionaries Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe about how art can play a vital role in response to the climate emergency, with Brian sharing his music industry charity EarthPercent and Beatie sharing 'From Green to Red,' an environmental protest piece built using 800,000 years of NASA data to visualise rising CO2 level
- From Green to Red: An interactive environmental protest data art pieceBeatie Wolfe creates a stirring environmental art piece about human impact on the planet, built using 800,000 years of NASA’s climate data. “From Green to Red” (taken from the title of a song Wolfe wrote in 2006 after seeing ‘An Inconvenient Truth') tracks the impact of human behaviour on the planet, creating a stirring visualization of the CO2 concentration in the Earth’s atmosphere, and asks us the question is it too late to turn back? Wolfe’s latest innovation reimagines the music video forma
- Svalbard Music Vault - Safeguarding the world’s most valuable musicThe Global Music Vault (a seed bank equivalent for music) has invited Beatie Wolfe to be part of its Proof of Concept for safeguarding the world's most valuable music using green and durable storage technology. Beatie’s music will be included alongside the Polar Music Prize, The National Library of New Zealand, International Library of African Music and the International Music Council
- The World’s First Bioplastic record w/ R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe x Beatie WolfeThe world’s first commercially available bioplastic 12” with Michael Stipe and Beatie Wolfe was released in support of EarthPercent and sold out within 5 minutes. This bioplastic vinyl, an environmental design solution by Evolution Music, is a genuinely revolutionary moment for both the music industry and record collectors, offering a non-fossil fuel future for vinyl recordings that globally is c180 million LPs (or 30,000 tonnes of PVC) a year
- Postcards for Democracy - a collective art project by Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh & Beatie WolfeA collective art demonstration to support the US Postal Service (at this critical point), the right to vote, and the power of art to mobilise and connect - especially in the lockdown. To join in and be part of this collective art piece visit: www.postartfordemocracy.com or read more below
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Projects credited in
- No more excuses for all male panels: here's 50 of the best women speakersIn light of CES' 'challenge', finding enough women to fill its 2019 line-up, The Dots is shining a light on 50 women the tech conference – and any conference – would be lucky to host on its panels. In 2017, the network's founder Pip Jamieson spoke at more than 50 panels, talks and events. She found that while speaker line-ups were becoming more gender diverse in general, all too often she was in the minority or sometimes even the ‘token woman’. In 2018, The Dots is on a mission to ensure there i77
- My photography for Beatie Wolfe on KeiSei Magazine.My photography for Beatie Wolfe on KeiSei Magazine. https://beatiewolfe.com https://keiseimagazine.com/2019/11/03/beatie-wolfe-creating-new-tangible-formats-of-music/ Beatie Wolfe: Orange Juice for the Ears at Barbican London. http://hidephotography.space/page_id=1101
- Female Creative Leaders 2017 - Meet the 150 women redefining the creative industriesTo celebrate International Women’s Day 2017 we asked 15 incredible female leaders in design, advertising, illustration, tech, film, fashion, arts, social enterprise and more to nominate the 10 women that they believe will redefine the creative space over the coming years - all with the aim of inspiring the next generation of female creative leaders. Discover, connect and be inspired by these amazing women, listed below and stay up to date with our 2018 list of women redefining the creative indu71
Work history
FounderBeatie Wolfe Productions
London, United KingdomFull Time
Artist and innovator
Skills
- Singer/songwriter
- Music Composer
- Editor
- Presenter
- Producer
- Public Speaking
- Writer
- Voice Narration
- Story Teller
- Music Technology
Education
BA (Hons) English LiteratureGoldsmiths, University of London
- London, United Kingdom
Awards
Webby’s Anthem Awards WinThe Anthem Awards
From Green to Red by Beatie Wolfe wins Silver at Webbys inaugural Anthem Awards in a category where Nat Geo took Gold and Disney took BronzeF
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Falling Walls, Art and Science FinalistFalling Walls
Wolfe was selected as a Falling Walls, Art and Science Finalist 2022+ Show more