Hearing Me Hearing You
dal 17/11/2006 al 6/1/2007
Segnalato da
17/11/2006
Hearing Me Hearing You
Plymouth Arts Centre, Plymouth
A solo exhibition by William Furlong/Audio Arts
A solo exhibition by William Furlong/Audio Arts
Curated By Lucia Farinati
The exhibition Hearing Me Hearing You brings together two major sound installations created by British artist William Furlong for Plymouth Arts Centre alongside other defining sound works, texts and videos produced within the framework of the Audio Arts project. Guest Curator Lucia Farinati investigates Furlong’s pioneering use of audio-technological space as a context for artistic production, collaborative process and the interaction between the artwork and the audience who encounters it.
William Furlong established Audio Arts in 1973, a magazine on cassette dedicated to contemporary art that quickly became a context or ‘space’ for artworks, performances and other time-based activities. Audio Arts now represents one of the most substantial archives of original recordings including interviews and conversation with artists, field recordings and audio works. Since the outset, recorded speech has been one of the main concerns of Audio Arts, to both disseminate ideas and thinking as well as to provide a medium for the creation of audio work and sound installations.
His sound works have been exhibited in many exhibitions, including ‘Art for Society’ at the Whitechapel Art Gallery (1978) and ‘The Sculpture Show’ at the Hayward Gallery (1982). More recent exhibitions have included a solo exhibition in the Bregenz Kunstverein; Sound Garden at the Serpentine Gallery, London; and An Imagery of Absence at the Imperial War Museum (all 1998).
In parallel to the exhibition at Plymouth Art Centre, Furlong is exhibiting at the Sound Art Museum in Rome. Following the acquisition of Audio Arts into the Tate national archives (2005), he is currently preparing an exhibition for Tate Britain, London (March - October 2007).
Funded by the Arts Council of England and Plymouth City Council
This exhibition, alongside an ongoing artist residency and public events programme, is part of a new artistic direction for Plymouth Arts Centre. PAC has a particular interest in artwork that engages with human interaction and social context, and places a special emphasis on process-based practices. PAC plays a distinctive role in the cultural regeneration of the city as an independent space for the visual arts and film.
For more information please contact Paula Orrell (Curator)
Email: paula@plymouthac.org.uk Tel. +44 (0)1752 206114
Private View: Saturday 18th November 2006
Plymouth Arts Centre
38 Looe Street - Plymouth
Gallery Opening Times: Monday - Saturday 10am - 8.30pm, Sunday 5pm - 8.30pm