A major new installation by Solomon Garçon – the artist’s first-ever institutional exhibition.
Encompassing sound, sculpture and performance, Garçon will create a mise-en-scène, containing low-frequency sounds and ambiguous forms.
His practice considers both the ‘digital’ and the ‘underground’ as spaces of experimentation. Garçon weaves narratives and simulations of liminal and re-imagined spaces. The artist plays with scale, materiality and sound, often referencing shape- shifting and animorphic figures from reality television and horror genres.
In the exhibition, visitors will be confronted with cadaverous sculptures that remain partially hidden under shrouds, perhaps offering protection or implying latent violence. Chairs will stand in as proxies for missing or potential spectators, and reverb simulation techniques will explore the ‘territorial’. Three performances will take place over the course of the exhibition, positioning the audience as both observer and observed.
Garçon describes how his work makes use of ‘unlocking, transforming, storing and distributing’ as ways of revealing and or covering up.
Studio Voltaire, 1A Nelsons Row, London, SW4 7JR. 4 October 2023–14 January 2024
Opening Preview: Tuesday 3 October 2023, 6–8 pm
Open Wednesday–Sunday, 10 am–5 pm.
