- Venue
- Tenderproduct
- Location
- London
The shows title INTERPOLATING refers to a method of mapping data, one that is particularly accepting when additional matter is put in to the fray. By her introducing the concept of ‘interpolation’ to artistic production Sunshine Frere in turn throws opinions on what the terms of intention in making mean for a loop. How? Well, the gallery goer can be quite sure in this show that the physical outcome came after the idea. However, here it is the notion’s presence in the work that has been subjected to change rather than its plasticity. The artist’s concern with re-assessment is present in the works’ surreal clarity and the show artfully lacks a nauseating appreciation of the unhappy accident. Instead of contemplating all that is doomed and then embracing a love of failure Frere’s stance investigates collective responsibility via an interactive anti-sensical investigation into experimental forms.
“I love it it’s so random” repeats a young man (Claude a fashion photographer) as he experiences Colour Me Lyrical (2010) a multi-media installation with colour-sound interactive keysboards.
Returning to the subject of interpolating, it appears that Frere has cannily accessed a language that renders all data ‘higher or lower’ to be of interest, a device she employs to freely discuss her love-life, pop culture and a history of morality seamlessly all within one show. What perhaps is so ‘random’ is that Vitiam Quod Sanctimonia Manus in Manus, (2010), the title of one of the works, essentially suggests to the gallery goer how to enjoy making sense of the show and its data.[1]
Colour Me Lyrical (2010), the show’s star piece, is formed of three wall based rectangles in red, yellow and blue, each one is composed of a Dadaist poem on a large sheet of primary coloured double lined paper at the top with a matching rubber key board at the base. When tapped individually or all in ‘harmony’ the key boards, in the form of sonic bytes, compose an audible map of red, yellow and blue. The ’red’, ‘yellow’ and ‘blue’ expressions are extracted from pop music and as they echo the forms of the words suspended within the poetry above, the familiarity of these sonic emissions unnervingly commands a different approach to data visualisation. Frere’s work creates a space for the player to map free style.
Sunshine Frere is a Canadian interdisciplinary artist living and working in London.
Stella Koons Manet is an art aficionado and owner of the DSG in Shoreditch.
[1] Vitiam quod sanctimonia manus in manus translates as virtue and vice go hand in hand
