The Onassis Foundation’s experimental art and tech studio Onassis ONX is doubling its size at a new location in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood. It is slated to open with the multimedia exhibition “TECHNE: Homecoming” in January.Founded in 2020, Onassis ONX has supported artists working between such mediums as extended reality (XR), artificial intelligence (AI), and performance at its 645 Fifth Avenue space over the last five years. The art center has collaborated with a number of institutions including the Lincoln Center, Pioneer Works, and the MIT Open Documentary Lab.Its debut exhibition, “TECHNE: Homecoming,” will showcase new multimedia works by several artists, among them, Björk- and FKA twigs-collaborator Andrew Thomas Huang, augmented reality (AR) artist Tamiko Thiel, and self-taught microbiologist Sister Sylvester, who consider the ways in which identity is shaped by biology, mythology, and technology.Occupying a part of the fourth floor at 390 Broadway, alongside the galleries PPOW and Matthew Brown Gallery, Onassis ONX boasts a 6,000-square-foot suite of production and exhibition spaces intended for making art using advanced technologies; the facilities include a larger motion-capture stage, a three-wall seamless projection room, an expanded sound studio with a high-fidelity system, and enhanced computational infrastructure with a new server for AI and generative media.“Our move downtown represents both continuity and transformation,” Afroditi Panagiotakou, artistic director at the Onassis Foundation, said in a statement. “With this new, larger studio in Tribeca, we reaffirm our commitment to artists—offering them the tools, space, and community to create work that expands what art can be in the digital age.” The move marks a larger shift among art galleries, centers, and spaces alike to the Tribeca neighborhood. It also comes on the heels of another expansion for the Onassis Foundation with Onassis Ready in Athens, Greece. The new experimental cultural space opened in October a former factory with a mid-career survey of Juergen Teller that was in dialouge with the nearby flagship space Onassis Stegi.“The Onassis Foundation continues to invest in the infrastructures of imagination, connecting Athens and New York through creativity and technological inquiry. We offer artists the time, resources, and, most importantly, the freedom to choose when to use—and when not to use—advanced technologies to best serve their artistic vision”, Panagiotakou said, adding, “In Athens, our new space, Onassis Ready, began its life as a factory—and in many ways, it still is. Now we call it a Factory of Dreams and Ideas, where ONX artists shape their visions and bring them to life. In New York and Athens alike, these spaces are made for artists to flourish, supported by people who believe in their work and the worlds they imagine.”