Standby, the light wavers

18th November – 10th December 2022
solo exhibition at SEAGER, London, UK

“Of course, no individual can ever be shopping, gaming, working, blogging, downloading, or texting 24/7. However, since no moment, place, or situation now exists in which one can not shop, consume, or exploit networked resources, there is a relentless incursion of the non-time of 24/7 into every aspect of social or personal life.”
– Jonathan Crary, 24/7: Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep

Standby, the light wavers brings together past and newly commissioned works, including sound, installation, sculpture and performance. The selected works explore themes of sleep, vulnerability and resilience in a 24/7 world that demands constant activation.

Curator: Andrew Price

The exhibition was supported by Exhibition Hub, Art Department, Goldsmiths, University of London, and House of Mass.

List of works:

I like to stay horizontal
2018
digital print on pillowcase

Ostriches are diurnal but may be active on moonlit nights
2018
LED signboard from Perfect Grill on Roman Road, London, found photograph from Linz

Standby
2015/2022
sound, performance, digital print on fabric, pillow, moving skate, speakers
performance documentation

I like to stay horizontal: ATTN
2022
digital pigment print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag paper 308gsm, silver paint marker, aluminium frame, 38.1 x 50.8cm, edition of 10 + 2 AP

Nite Gestures 10-11-2022-10-12-2022
2022
LED text displays
Nite Gestures 10-11-2022-10-12-2022 is a newly commissioned installation of evolving LED text displays, which illuminates the texts/traces that emerged during the series of workshops that ran in parallel to the exhibition. The first workshop took place on 10 Nov 2022 at House of Mass and the last one on 8 Dec 2022 at SEAGER before the show closed on 10 Dec 2022.⁣⁣ After each workshop, the texts/traces from the participants were gathered, transcribed and added to the LED displays. The texts/traces gradually grew thicker over the four weeks and continued their brief encounters with one another as well as passersby, as they slowly scrolled horizontally along the bottom of the windows.⁣⁣ Each display has its own set of texts/traces that slowly scroll from the right to the left, coming together or moving away in conjunctions. The displays are installed to let the blurring of the texts/traces increase from the right to the left, through the frosted window film, which is a default feature of the gallery’s window facing a busy road. Nite Gestures 10-11-2022-10-12-2022 was switched on throughout the night during the opening days of the gallery.⁣⁣
workshop documentation

Photo
1 – 15 by Paul Chapellier