Sound Sculpture Performances Mexico-Bound
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24 August 2023
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Dr Keith Winter, the Head of Visual Arts at the University of East London, will perform his Heavy Metal artwork/performance piece at a gallery in Mexico City from August 24 to September 1.
Winter will use a special sculptural apparatus as a percussion instrument, while his collaborator, Gabriel Santamarina provides a spoken-word accompaniment. Both will be wearing custom-made costumes designed by Winter.
A total of four performances will take place, with Winter describing the project as combining sculpture with sound,
Heavy Metal is a solo exhibition of my work between sculpture and percussion, object and sound which I call the 'apparatus of noise'.”
This work started as a project during Covid-19 lockdowns in 2020 and 2021, when Keith Winter and Gabriel Santamarina curated an online book club that focussed on texts concerned with a wide variety of subjects including spirituality, fourth way enlightenment, eco-psychology, Jung, heroes, villains, cities and surrealism.
That has now developed into the Heavy Metal performances, which will take place at Mexico City’s Galeria Boca, a key institution in the city’s vibrant arts scene.
Winter himself has long been interested in that scene, with UEL helping foster that connection, “I have a long-standing relationship to the art scene in Mexico and absolutely admire and love the cultural strength in this city. My UEL team were super supportive in funding my travel and the production of my limited-edition cassette tapes and printed monograph for the exhibition in Galeria Boca.”
The limited-edition of 25 cassette tapes with 20 minutes (10 minutes each side) of audio work, will be presented in a custom-made painted hand-hammered steel cassette case made for the event. ‘Heavy Metal’ by Keef Winter (Side A) can be heard on his SoundCloud.