The City Sings At Night by James Clar

James Clar

The City Sings At Night, 2020

Single channel video (00:05:00 min. seamless loop), 8-channel sync video, 8 mini-controllers, 8 TVs, 2 karaoke speakers with microphones, ethernet router. Unique

Microphones from two karaoke machines are dragged behind a tricycle as it drives through the city. Translating the physical space to sound. The vibrations from the road are amplified through the speakers and activate sound reactive lighting on the two karaoke machines. A conversation about a place.

Filmed in Manila, where his practice is now based, the artist strapped two karaoke machines behind a tricycle, which circled around they city’s streets. As a result, the microphones translated the physical road into sound as they picked up vibrations while being dragged through asphalt. Both the visual and sonic components of this work were then edited to an eight-channel sync video installation at the gallery.

Unique

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Exhibited:
"Share Location" solo show, Silverlens Galleries, Manila, 2021

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