Friday 3rd of December, Dilston Grove, Southwark Park Gallery
I visited the 2021 MA Postgraduate show, titled FESTIVE LABOUR, where graduating MA sound arts students presented their work.
It was an interesting experience to see and hear the pieces presented by the graduating students, and the exhibition felt like a celebration of their culminated artistic projects. Many of the sound works referenced the ongoing pandemic and its repercussions. But one that caught my attention in particular was Hye Yun Jeong’s takes her own heartbeat, pulse and breath as sonic material, interwoven with instrumentation in a series of seven light sculptures that together play as an ensemble on the floor of the exhibition space.
I also really enjoyed Lara Geary’s piece (as seen above) which she made through a generative, “real time” interactive digital sculpture, graphite drawing and a neural network binaural / ambisonic audio work. I liked this one in particular because I think it was made with TouchDesigner, a programme which I am interested in and have practiced with.
Overall, the FESTIVE LABOUR show was a good experience and I would highly recommend it.