3x "stations" across frieze ldn, featuring moving image, stills and sound pieces.
sound clash is an ongoing collaboration between hannah, and curator and sound artist, ben swaby selig who is the curatorial fellow with frieze and v&a east.
hannah has created visual responses to ben's research , through print, vinyl and moving image, to display alongside ben's two hour-long sound pieces.
"this year’s edition of Frieze London featured a research-based activation by Ben Swaby Selig, Curatorial Fellow with V&A East, drawing upon Jamaican sonic cultures and archival recordings from East London and Jamaica to explore notions of collective memory.
in collaboration with filmmaker and photographer Hannah Oliver, multiple sound stations placed throughout the fair will encourage playful migration and active listening, lifting intricate local histories from an area that has experienced rapid gentrification since its redevelopment into the Olympic Park.
the activation at Frieze will mark the first iteration of Selig’s Sound Clash, one of the events forming part of V&A East’s live back2back live programming strand prior to its opening in 2025."
HD video | 07:52 | Frieze London, 2024
also a response to Ben's research, sound clash the moving image piece is a project in visualising sound as history along the timber trade routes between Jamaica and the East London Docklands, rooted in traditions of Dub and the Black Industrial.
artist filmmaker -- hannah oliver
field recordings -- ben swaby selig
featuring -- ben swaby selig , uncle ronnie , noel oliver , east bank voices , people of stratford and hackney
maps -- national library of scotland
archive -- internet archive
[trailer]
[pamphlet quadrant samples - stills hannah oliver, archive stills V&A East , poetry phoenix yemi]
Living Archive
a 2nd sound clash exhibited at Ormside Projects 24-28th Nov 2024, including 2 screening events where sound clash the moving image piece played alongside works by john akomfrah, B.O.S.S., rohan ayinde and tayo rappoport amongst others.
a panel discussion occurred at the 28th Nov. event, 'Step Forward: Sonic Visions', made of Ben Swaby Selig, Kodwo Eshun, Rohan Ayinde, Tayo Rappoport and Hannah Oliver.
