Entropy of Loops: Tenter Ground, London
![Pathompon Mont Tesprateep. Confusion is Next, [2018]. 16mm B&W film with sound. Image courtesy of the artist & ai. gallery](https://static-assets.artlogic.net/w_500,h_500,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto/ws-aigallery/usr/images/exhibitions/group_images_override/69/img_2364.jpeg)
ai. gallery is pleased to announce the first chapter in this year's programme centred on the theme of sound. Entropy of Loops investigages sonic entropy and in particular, the concept of a "loop" not as a perfect circle, but as a grinding mechanism that wears down the subject-whether that subject is a human mind, a machine part, or a city's ecosystem. Artists: Pathompon Mont Tesprateep, Gabriela Mureb and artist collective Rubbish Music (Iain Chambers & Kate Carr) alongside Beibei Wang and Mike Skelton.
Join us for the live performance of Offcuts by Rubbish Music + Beibei Wang on Tuesday 11 March 18.30-20.00. RSVP required.
About the Artists
Beibei Wang
Genre-defying percussionist Beibei Wang is an acclaimed international virtuoso percussionist with both a Chinese and British musical education background. Beibei has enjoyed a meteoric rise in the classical music world, receiving international praise for her performances. She was listed in the top 50 Chinese musicians in the "Sound of East" project by the Chinese Ministry of Culture, as well as endorsed by the Arts Council, England receiving an Exceptional Talent visa from the British Government. Following a successful world tour, Beibei now leads a traditional Chinese percussion programme at SOAS, University of London. In 2020, Beibei was named Associate of the Royal Academy of Music. Most recently Beibei was appointed as percussion professor of the Crossover Studies Faculty at London Performing Academy of Music
Rubbish Music (Iain Chambers and Kate Carr)
Rubbish Music use sound to investigate the journeys, transformations and impacts of our discarded objects. Using worn out treasures, empty vessels and broken devices as an orchestra of vivid musique concrète materials they examine the worlds we make and destroy via our rubbish.
From the great rubbish patches we have made in our oceans to buried dumps and sophisticated recycling plants, the objects we let go of continue in many guises without us. Decay, transformation, re-purposing and recycling are just some of the means by which everyday objects might persist and change in ways which extend beyond our relationships with them.
These journeys discarded items embark upon also create new worlds, new niches for species. From the changing habits of animals making the most of our swathes of waste, to the rise of plastic devouring bacteria, throwing away objects, and what happens to them next has profound effects. With their toolkit of rusty bells, dirty oven grills, onion skins, toilet plungers, wine bottles, nasal spray and a squeaky chicken toy, they seek to imagine some of them.
Mike Skelton
Mike Skelton is a photographer and videographer based in London. His video work Rubbish Music - Offcuts will run as part of the Rubbish Music performance on 10 March.
