Vaughn Sadie & Dean Henning
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frequency, lumens, space
Vaughn Sadie & Dean Henning at Durban Art Gallery‘frequency, lumens, place’ is the latest collaboration between light enthusiast Vaughn Sadie, and sound fanatic Dean Henning. For the past few years, Sadie has been exploring the role and function of light and public and private space. Working predominantly with a combination of everyday light sources and sculptural objects, Sadie constructs experiments and comments on the production of space through light. Henning is a musician, composer (who has worked extensively with Cameron Platter) and sound artist. Much of his work has revolved around interactivity as an important component – where audience involvement is crucial. For Henning, ‘the amazing thing about sound is that it explains our world and allows us to see around corners. We can’t see out neighbours, but we can guess what they are doing by the sounds they make’.
It is the everydayness of light and sound that underpins this exhibition, a collaborative spatial exploration of gallery 3 at the Durban Art Gallery. The installation involves an interactive sound piece developed by Henning, accompanied by a series of light objects using plastic stools and compact fluorescent bulbs by Sadie. The starting point for this show was the space itself. For Henning, it was the frequency of the room, and the feedback loops that emerge as objects occupy, and people move through a space. For Sadie, it was the lux lighting formula used as a ‘universal’ standard by galleries to light exhibitions.
28 October 2010 - 28 November 2010
frequency, lumens, space
Vaughn Sadie & Dean Henning at Durban Art Gallery‘frequency, lumens, place’ is the latest collaboration between light enthusiast Vaughn Sadie, and sound fanatic Dean Henning. For the past few years, Sadie has been exploring the role and function of light and public and private space. Working predominantly with a combination of everyday light sources and sculptural objects, Sadie constructs experiments and comments on the production of space through light. Henning is a musician, composer (who has worked extensively with Cameron Platter) and sound artist. Much of his work has revolved around interactivity as an important component – where audience involvement is crucial. For Henning, ‘the amazing thing about sound is that it explains our world and allows us to see around corners. We can’t see out neighbours, but we can guess what they are doing by the sounds they make’.
It is the everydayness of light and sound that underpins this exhibition, a collaborative spatial exploration of gallery 3 at the Durban Art Gallery. The installation involves an interactive sound piece developed by Henning, accompanied by a series of light objects using plastic stools and compact fluorescent bulbs by Sadie. The starting point for this show was the space itself. For Henning, it was the frequency of the room, and the feedback loops that emerge as objects occupy, and people move through a space. For Sadie, it was the lux lighting formula used as a ‘universal’ standard by galleries to light exhibitions.
28 October 2010 - 28 November 2010
