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James Webb
Threnody | 2016
South Africa
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Installation
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Multimedia
Threnody | 2016 | The isolated vocal track of Helter Skelter (The Beatles, 1968) was reversed and given to the vocalist Zami Mdingi to sing as such, and broadcast from a circular, hyper-directional speaker visually echoing Kazimir Malevich’s Black Circle (1915) |This artwork was first exhibited on the artist’s solo exhibition, “Ecstatic Interference,” at blank projects, Cape Town, 28 January - 5 March 2016 | Photograph by Kyle Morland.
Singer: Zami Mdingi, transcription and arrangement assistance: Cara Stacey, and recording engineer: Dave Langemann
Threnody | 2016 | The isolated vocal track of Helter Skelter (The Beatles, 1968) was reversed and given to the vocalist Zami Mdingi to sing as such, and broadcast from speakers concealed behind a back-lit, black circle in a black room | This version of the artwork was first exhibited on the artist’s solo exhibition, “Hope is a good swimmer,” at Galerie Imane Farès, Paris, 9 December - 11 February 2017.