About this Event
Chisenhale Gallery presents THE BEGINNING IS NEAR, a newly commissioned durational sound performance by artist collaborators Willow Swan and Ellis Berwick. Rooted in the duo's interest in repurposing industrial materials into improvised wind instruments the performance will navigate industrial, geographic and biological terrains to create an immersive sonic environment reflecting on memory, identity and ritual. Swan and Berwick will draw from the social and political history of the foghorn to produce a series of sculptural wind instruments that will create a dronal soundscape suffused with electronic tones and textures.
Biographies
Willow Swan (they/them) is a sound artist based in London. Their work blends organ drones,field recordings, and electronic textures to create soundworks rooted in memory, identity, and ritual. Drawing on a multidisciplinary background and continuing to explore the boundaries insound.
Ellis Berwick (he/him) is an artist, engineer and musician from London, uniting all threedisciplines in his sculptural practice. Inspired by the monumental, the mythologised, and the ignored, Berwick works with discarded sound objects, exploring their enduring affect through assemblage and automation
Access
This event will be taking place at Chisenhale Gallery. Chisenhale Gallery has flat access with an all-genders, fully accessible toilet. This event will be seated. Earplugs and ear guards are available for visitors to use. Please note that this event will be photographed for marketing and archival purposes.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Chisenhale Gallery, 64 Chisenhale Road, London, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00
