Dirty Electronics & Dushume

Dates: 28th Feb – 24th March 2023

Venue: Stephen Lawrence Gallery

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A cacophony of rhythmic stutters polarising with brutal deep bass – interrogating the noise! Object Noise Clusters made from everyday objects – pots and pans, oil can, oven shelf, coffee pot, clock gongs – are hung from the ceiling and intermittently vigorously shaken by motors. These are placed next to DIY loudspeakers strung-up creating an intense dialogue between acoustic and electronic sound. While rotating speaker horns bounce clicks around the space. Ink drips from a cannula onto a piece of out-stretched vibrating ‘noise’ paper. Watch the artwork unfold as a preview night performance (see panel below).

An in-depth full-page review of this exhibition by Robert Barry, including an account of the Dirty Electronics / Dushume performance, has been published in issue 471 of The Wire (p 88), available through their paywall HERE.