Another Exhibition by The Modern Institute
An unflinching, disturbing and satirical commentary on the detached veneer and inaccessibility of the contemporary art world.
Absurdist stream of consciousness lyrics with a sharp-witted, observational and deadpan delivery with an indulgent narcissistic tendency of self-gratification and worship that seems to distort the nature of one's own reality as demonstrated on the first track of the tape 'From Eye To Eye' where Christ The Messiah's crown of thorns is referenced.
Pointillistic microtonal frequencies flicker and scatter. Arpeggiated clinical wave to besmirched and dissonant atonal industrial sensibilities; drenched in thick layers of smudgy, grubby greyscale downtrodden tekno. Saturated, blotchy drum machines that metamorphose into idiosyncratic throbbing dancehall riddims to the densely compressed, asphyxiated layers of nauseating noise and feedback drone.
This one perturbs our cognition making our inner organs tremble and quake in sheer disbelief. An absolute peculiarity. Utterly remarkable.
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Here is the artist's statement, accompanying the music below:
"Another exhibition at The Modern Institute.
As communication is becoming less and less trustworthy – and one could say, purposely and progressively emptied out of meaning through politics and mass media – we search for meanings that lie elsewhere.
How can we free ourselves from set definitions enforced by spoken language’s power structures? This current exhibition (or rather the works within it) deal with the relative non-state and impossibility of that passage. This sort of empirical navigation can’t be discovered through an unavoidable application—its compass is the unconscious knot that throbs in your lower gut when you learn your therapist’s office is one level up from the fine French bistro where you first met.
In this new ambitious Exhibition by The Modern Institute, the subtle frictions of—faux—eel skin, ostrich, snake, crocodile make for a tactile image of vital interiority; and keep one from slipping haplessly through the ceiling cracks.
The Modern Institutes recent awards include Werkbeitrag, the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia; Weiner Werkstipendium (Art Prize) City of Zurich, CH; and Art Prize 2011, Nationale Suisse Credit, Basel, CH; the recipient of a selection of very important awards such as the Spanish National Radio prize ‘El Rojo Crítico’, J. Vettriano Excellence Achievement, and scholarship from the Pièce Montée Fondantion in Paris. The Modern Institute have been awarded by a number of institutions including Arts Council Britain and Helvetia Arts Council, and National Council of the Kingdom of Iceland."
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'Another Exhibition' by The Modern Institute.
DEX002
Pro dubbed c70 cassette with risographed artwork & encased in coalesced molten candy floss blue and pink expandable foam
Mastering by Richard McMaster.
Design credit to Katie Shannon.
Tracklist
| 1. | From Eye To Eye | 8:40 |
| 2. | Jacks Tune | 3:37 |
| 3. | Cast Iron Legs / Bactarian | 8:25 |
| 4. | They Shaved My Head And Curled The Rest Off | 7:16 |
| 5. | Cups And Saucers | 5:06 |
