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a solo-exhibition by Reuben Brown at Arcade Gallery and Studios, Belfast [June 2023]
“club [construction]” is…
…an interactive installation and ephemeral encounter with queer club spaces of the past, present and future (…?); and the mysticism surrounding the diverse identities, bodies, and energies that are constructed and actualised within these spaces.
“club [construction]” implements a combination of new-media as tools of activation; including (but not limited to…) construction, sculpture, ephemeral-architecture, 3D-CGI (computer-generated) filmography, digital fabrication, experimental sound and atmospheric effects systems, performance, participation, lighting engineering, interview & conversation, and research & documentation.
Digital and Film Photoshoot by Karl Magee (@bits._)
“club [construction] TOOL” (2023)
3D-CGI filmography [1080x1920px], 30 min 19 sec (loop)
3D-CGI filmography [1080x1920px], 30 min 19 sec (loop)
3D-CGI filmography “club [construction]” (2023) screened on flat screen (generated at the climax of a long-term collaborative research & interview project, with aims to explore the lived experiences, memories and stories told by queer-elders about their experiences with clubbing and club-spaces), “club [construction]” (2023) experimental sound piece played through sound-system and headphones, sound and atmospheric effects system comprised of Pioneer DJ DDJ-200 Controller, Novation & Ableton Live Launchpad Mini-MK3 MIDI-64, Vintage Sandstørm High-Fidelity (Hi-Fi) Sound-System, Atmospheric Fog-Machine, Over-ear headphones on coiled cable, on scaffolding and white-ceramic tile structure.
“WHITEDOVES” (2023)
Laser-engraved mirror-perspex, hardware
“club [construction]” (2023)
Experimental sound “club [construction]” (2023), 3 hr 01 min 22 sec
Experimental sound “club [construction]” (2023) streamed through 2xKOSS Porta Pro headphones with custom “club [construction]” sculptural accessories/pendants attached, laser-engraved acrylic ‘listening booth’, hardware. “club [construction]” (2023) is a three-hour DJ-mix which draws largely from the genre of house; speaking to the architects and synthesisers of modern-day house music, it encounters influences and interjections from sonic legends; Kevin Aviance, Jesse Saunders, Malcolm McAlaren, and converses with queer contemporaries who continue to pioneer the genre; Azealia Banks, Peggy Gou, LSDXOXO, Honey Dijon and Fred again...