Disassociate consists of two installations that function as autonomous sculptures and structures for collaboration, performance, and disruption. In the main room, colorful silkscreen prints fashioned like moveable modular wall panels serve as sound barriers for performance. They will also be used as display structures for the presentation of collaborative visual works by Tajima, Vito Acconci, José León Cerrillo and Philippe Decrauzat. Over time, the panels will be spatially reconfigured and activated through layers of accumulated text and graphic compositions. The back gallery contains a perfectly ordered and precariously arranged assortment of emblematic objects referencing status, luxury and design. A large immaculate pyramid of champagne glasses will balance delicately alongside a top-heavy stack of modular Eames shell chairs. This constructed showroom scene is slated to become a site of destruction in a sound performance held midway through the exhibition.
Emanating throughout the entire gallery space will be an ongoing sound element recorded by Howie Chen. The sound piece features the anticipatory drone of a guitar amp just turned on, drawn out ad infinitum, and a popular song restructured into anonymous static noise. Together, the sounds resemble the crackling prelude heard on vinyl record recordings. back
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