2017

Silk-screen print on vinyl cover, felt tip pen on vinyl records, 3D-printed nylon, vitrine of found objects, movable curtain system, neon, video, animation and 10-channel sound installation

Featuring Michael Schiefel, 3d-printing technical support by Cosmo Wenmen and Andrew Crowe @Meta Objects, 3d assets by sazbolcs-vanyi91 @cgtrader, Andrew Crowe, and Cosmo Wenmen; movable curtain system production by Showtex; research and production assistant Vvzela Kook

”A while ago I came across a story about a group of unemployed musicians from Cape Town who called themselves the Plaster Cast. They had released a charity single in response to Band Aid’s iconic ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ Titled ‘Yes We Do’, Plaster Cast’s single was produced by singer-songwriter Boomtown Gundane. Proceeds from its sale were ‘donated to British schools to fund instruction in discipline, literacy, and contraception’. I sought to get in touch with this Boomtown Gundane, only to find out later that he does not exist; the story was a piece of fake news, originally published by the now-defunct satirical news website Hayibo — which was similar to The Onion — and had subsequently been re-posted as fact on several websites and blogs. In Palazzo Gundane (homage to the myth-maker who fell to earth), I give shape and pay tribute to the fictional musician, and imagine the world he inhabits.”