Draft:Smack (artists)

SMACK is a trio of digital artists Ton Meijdam, Thom Snels and Béla Zsigmond based in Breda (The Netherlands). Their artistic practice revolves around digital identity, surveillance culture and collective human behaviour..

Formation
SMACK originated from the shared educational experience of Ton Meijdam, Thom Snels, and Béla Zsigmond at the School of Fine Arts and Design (AKV) St. Joost in Breda. They founded Studio Smack in 2005 as a platform for their collaborative artistic pursuits in the digital medium

Works and awards
Smack's portfolio includes various works that have received recognition and awards within the art and design domain. Some of his best-known works include:


 * Kapitaal (2006): SMACK's first work that participated in Amsterdam Film Experience.


 * Pimp My Planet (2010): Work with social content recognised at the Dutch Design Awards and the European Design Awards


 * Witch Doctor (2016): Created for the Dutch rock group De Staat, winner at Best Animation in a Video at the UK Music Video


 * Paradise (2016): Commissioned by Stedelijk Museum Bred a to mark the 500-year anniversary of Hieronymus Bosch's masterpiece.

In 2018 supported by Colección SOLO Smack completed Paradise and reinterpreted The Garden of Earthly Delights to create the digital triptych SPECULUM  , which included panels titled Eden and Hell, offering a modern perspective on Bosch's central panel.

Exhibitions
The trio's work has been recognised with various awards and they held their first exhibition in Breda entitled Dreaming of Mass Behaviour in 2017.

Their 21-meter installation of SPECULUM for The Garden of Earthly Delights , exhibited at Matadero Madrid from 2021 to 2022.

In 2022 Speculum was showed in Paris during the Nuit Blanche.

In 2023 SPECULUM has been part of the Triennial of the NGV Museum in Melbourne (Australia)

Their works have been displayed at venues including London's Colnaghi Gallery, KIAF Seoul, and the Digital Art Center in Rotterdam.