The Noise of Being exhibition speculates on the strange and anxious state of being human. Works by five international artists – Joey Holder, Justin Bennett, Kate Cooper,Pinar Yoldas and Zach Blas – function as portals into parallel realities, where the audience is invited to decipher weird histories and eerie futures, defy systems of power and control through queerness, explore synthetic alien biologies, take refuge within the hyperreal, and imagine other possible species and impossible environments.
What does it mean to be human? How can we deal with the noise that surrounds us in our rapidly expanding societies? Will the introduction of more or advanced technology obscure our view, or help us to understand the world better? Because we are all entangled in a web of different encounters, can we strive for a world in which all (non)humans are equally (non)human? By envisioning fantastic and horrific narratives of an uncanny world with alternative modes of existence, the exhibition offers different strategies for understanding the noise of being.
The exhibition is now open and can be visited until the end of Sonic Acts Festival. The five emerging artists have made site-specific and immersive installations that are commissioned by or restaged especially for Sonic Acts and will present their work in a series of events consisting of guided tours, workshops and artist talks in the weeks preceding the festival and during the festival conference.
We Need Sanctuary, Kate Cooper. Photo by Pieter Kers
Facial Weaponization Suite, Zach Blas. Photo by Pieter Kers
Designer Babies, Pinar Yoldas. Photo by Pieter Kers
Vilgiskoddeoayvinyarvi: Wolf Lake on the Mountains, Justin Bennett. Photo by Pieter Kers
Ophiux, Joey Holder. Photo by Pieter Kers
OPENING HOURS 2-26 FEB
Tuesday — Sunday 12:00-18:00 hrs
During the festival (23-26 Feb): 10:00 – 20:00 hrs
GUIDED TOURS & EVENTS
Wednesday 8 February
17:00-18:00 Guided Tour by Nicky Assmann (part of the curatorial team of Sonic Acts)
19-00-00:00 Taste The Doom at OT301
Wednesday 15 February
19:00-20:00 Guided Tour by Nicky Assmann (joined by Joey Holder)
20:00-21:00 An evening with Joey Holder at Spui25
Wednesday 22 February
19:00-20:00 Guided Tour by Nicky Assmann (joined by Zach Blas, Pinar Yoldas & Kate Cooper)
TICKET PRICES
3 euros. Free entrance for students and Arti et Amicitiae members. Tickets can be bought at the door.
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ARTISTS/SPEAKERS
Wed 1 Feb - Sun 26 Feb
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London-based artist Joey Holder graduated from Kingston University in 2001 and completed an MFA at Goldsmiths, University of London in 2010.
Joey Holder
Wed 1 Feb - Sun 26 Feb
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Justin Bennett is an artist working with sound and image. He studied sculpture and electronic music and much of his work combines the two aspects of sound and space.
Justin Bennett
Wed 1 Feb - Sun 26 Feb
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Kate Cooper lives and works in London and Amsterdam. She is co-founder of Auto Italia, the London-based, artist-led initiative.
Kate Cooper
Wed 1 Feb - Sun 26 Feb
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Pinar Yoldas is an infradisciplinary designer, artist and researcher currently based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Her work develops within biological sciences and digital technologies.
Pinar Yoldas
Wed 1 Feb - Sun 26 Feb
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Zach Blas is an artist and writer whose practice engages technics and minoritarian politics. Currently, he is a Lecturer in the Department of Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths, University of London.