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Flying carpet breakdown?

Mounir Fatmi, Oriental Accident

Dublin Contemporary, 6 September - 31 October 2011. Curators Jota Castro and Christian Viveros-Fauné



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registrato il 31/10/2011 durata 01'47''

Speakers pointing upward, installed on an oriental carpet, are filled with nails that rattle as they broadcast dense chaotic sounds, like a busy city, traffic, sirens, screams. A video monitor shows two turntables and the hands of an unknown DJ. Not a very subtle metaphor, but quite effective as a soundscape. The roaring installation could be heard all over the second floor, but without disturbing the other works. The nails make the sound visible, always an engaging way to get sound across in a sculptural context.