Humming as a Praxis
Sonic Lecture Series

Contact | Biography | Currently exhibiting


Starting from April 2024 at the V&A Museum, in response to the exhibition ‘Tropical Modernism: Architecture and Independence’.
This ongoing series explores modes of institutional critique through performative acts adapting the acoustic and kinetic as media — fusing concepts by Jane Rendell “Site-Writing”, the 19th century’s “Tableaux Vivants” (living painting | picture) and Tina Campt’s “Still-Moving-Images”.
 
J. Paris [on set] as the
sound engineer using a double bass to mark points of tension and cinematic scores that engage audiences directly; re-producing collective silence, echos, attention, gestures, footsteps and hums from unexpected places.
Evoking  a panoramic analysis on the “capital’s set up” itself through a play around hegemonic ideals of ‘a spectacle’, ‘a rehearsal’ and ‘the spectator’ as roles get blurred through the framework’s rendering point.