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Openings: Faile & Bast – “Deluxx Fluxx” @ The Belt (Detroit)

Posted by sleepboy, August 5, 2018

Over the weekend, Deluxe Fluxx opened in a new permanent home at The Belt in Detroit, a downtown alleyway with art curated by the Library Street Collective. The immersive art installation & arcade by Brooklyn-based artist duo Faile and artist Bast has traveled to multiple locations around the world, but will be putting down its roots in the Motor City as a bar and music venue. Those hunting for the location should look on the north side of the alley for a door with neon X’s, which […]

Openings: Faile x BÄST – “Deluxx Fluxx Arcade” @ Brooklyn Museum

Posted by sleepboy, August 10, 2015

After sharing photos from the Savage/Sacred Young Minds showing at the Brooklyn Museum with you last week, we now have an additional look at the arcade installation there from Faile (featured) and their long time collaborator Bast. After previous iterations seen in places like New York, Miami, Scotland, and London, this immersive experience finally makes an appearance in museum form. Consisting of video games, pinball machines, and foosball tables, the entire interactive environment with signatures imagery are designed by the artists down to the actual games. Discuss Faile here.

Previews: Faile x BÄST – “Deluxx Fluxx Arcade” @ Edinburgh Arts Festival (Scotland)

Posted by juggernut3, August 1, 2014

Summer got you bored? Well Faile and Bast are at it again with their ongoing urban video arcade intervention exhibition – Deluxx Fluxx -this time making it to the Edinburgh Arts Festival. Unveiling August 1st, the Patrick’s & BÄST take their custom programmed & hand crafted arcade games back across the Atlantic for their first ever exhibition in Scotland. From games that challenged us to drop “coke” packages onto boats from a plane to dancing wolves grooving to skaters on a deserted island, even intricate pinball games – it seems that each […]

Basel Week Miami ’13: Faile & Bast – “Deluxx Fluxx”

Posted by juggernut3, December 17, 2013

During Art Basel Week, numerous artists trek to Miami to set up artistic pop-up projects. One of our favorites this year was by the Brooklyn-based Faile and Bast. They brought their nostalgic arcade-based exhibition entitled Deluxx Fluxx to entertain both the eyes and souls of patrons that stopped by their fresh throwback arcade. As previewed in our studio visit, this collaborative project with Perrier is now in it’s third iteration (version 1.0 in London & 2.0 in NYC) and it continued to push the envelope. It wasn’t […]

Basel Week Miami ’13 / Studio Visits: Faile & Bast – “Deluxx Fluxx”

Posted by juggernut3, December 3, 2013

AM recently paid a visit to Faile’s Brooklyn hideout to take a closer look at their collaborative project with Bast – a nostalgic arcade-based exhibition entitled Deluxx Fluxx. Set to open tonight in South Beach (1604 Washington Blvd.), with sponsorship by Perrier, this marks version 3.0 for this mind blowing showcase of old school arcade games, foosball, and now they’ve added specially crafted pinball machines to bring back the sensory addictions of the 70s & 80s. (Check out version 1.0 in London & version 2.0 in NYC) […]

Basel Week Miami ’13 / Previews: Faile & Bast – Deluxx Fluxx

Posted by sleepboy, November 21, 2013

For those street art fan traveling to Miami for Art Basel Week, you will probably want to stop by the new iteration of the Faile and Bast Deluxx Fluxx Arcade. With all new videogame programs and pinball machines featuring the Brooklyn-based artists’ iconic images, the interactive mixed-media installation will be an immersive experience, just the like the previous two showings in 2010 (London & New York). Sponsored by Perrier, head over (1604 Washington Blvd in Miami Beach) between December 3rd through 7th (3pm til late) to see this […]

Openings: Faile Bast Deluxx Fluxx Arcade – NYC edition

Posted by juggernut3, May 3, 2010

This past weekend, Faile and Bast opened the New York version of their famed “Deluxx Fluxx Arcade” show. The pop-up gallery located in the LES (Lower East Side) of the city was subject to many rumors and discussions during this busy week of art in the Big Apple. Many who thought this show was imported from the recent blockbuster UK arcade show were pleasantly surprised to discover that the artists created a fresh set of machines/installations for this unique vision of one of our favorite childhood past […]

Setup / Preview: Faile Bast Deluxx Fluxx Arcade – NYC edition

Posted by juggernut3, April 28, 2010

Some of you may have heard rumblings about an upcoming Faile x Bast show coming to NYC. We can finally confirm that it’s true. Even better is that it’s a pop up show in the Lower East Side (LES) of the Big Apple. Faile and Bast’s recent arcade show at London’s Lazarides (Rathbone Place) was so unique and popular that it got many US fans in a state of envy. Originally conceived as a one-off show, Faile and Bast decided to create a brand new […]

Video: Faile Bast Deluxx Fluxx Arcade

Posted by sleepboy, February 17, 2010

Our friends over at Babelgum have put together a nice video about the “Faile Bast Deluxx Fluxx Arcade” show that we covered last week at Lazarides. Bast and the Patricks were both interviewed about the creative process behind the show among other things. Also, there’s some nice footage of the immersive installation and artwork that transformed the gallery into a neon video arcade. Discuss this show here. Discuss Faile here. Discuss Bast here.

Openings: The Faile Bast Deluxx Fluxx Arcade at Lazarides – Greek Street

Posted by sven, February 12, 2010

London art fans turned out this Thursday night to witness the most simultaneously fun and original show we’ve witnessed since, well, probably ever! The “Faile Bast Deluxx Fluxx Arcade” is in town and after a week of installation time, is now officially open for business! Faile (aka: the Patricks) and Bast transformed the ground floor into a fully functioning video game arcade, with old school cabinets – some of which we recognized from our misspent youth – being given the paste-up treatment. Read on for more details and pictures […]