We are delighted to present “Other. Absence and Making Public” by artist-researcher Florence To (@florence.to) as part of our ESEA Futures Key Strand, co-presented with Platform Asia.⁠
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📅 25 Sept – 7 Nov
📍 Bloc Projects ⁠
🎟️ Opening Event: Fri, 25 Sept, 6-8PM ⁠
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Influenced by the avian syrinx, the vocal organ through which birds produce sound, “Other. Absence and Making Public” extends the artist’s longstanding interest in vocalisation: what began as an interest in how sound is produced through contact with air and material has developed into a wider enquiry into movement and perception. ⁠The programme brings together sound, moving image and research work to explore how perception is shaped by vibration, frequency and the environments we move through.⁠
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Their recent fieldwork in Palestine follows the movement of vultures through changing atmospheric conditions, alongside conservation practices and the technologies used to track them. These movements take place within airspace and landscapes also shaped by systems of surveillance, monitoring and territorial control.⁠
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As part of the exhibition, TYRYX (@t.y.r.y.x) is also presented as a live performance, in which synthesised control signals activate sculptures made from recycled wood and metal strings, bringing questions of vibration, sensing and environmental relations into a more immediate physical encounter.⁠
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