Persistent Disequilibrium - Exhibition in Molde 2023

The exhibition “Persistent Disequilibrium” at Møre og Romsdal Kunstsenter in March 2023. was made by the artist collective Pixels.Frames.Beats.Drones (Jeremy Welsh, Tijs Ham, Trond Lossisus, Øyvind Brandtsegg, Piya Wanthiang). The installation/performance concept is based around resonance, vibration, recycling, sound phenomena and available materials. Process based materials from earlier sessions are recycled and combined with newly made pieces for each specific space. Audio feedback and other volatile processes are used in musical, physical, and visual incarnations. Piya was unable to participate for the work period in Molde, but is still present due to performance videos from earlier sessions being shown. This time we were able to fully incorporate the field recordings of Trond Lossius as a wider and external audio perspective enclosing the more directly physically present audio experiments. The magnetic fluid piece was also a new addition to the group repertoire for this exhibition. Ham’s modular synths was used to excite the rheoscopic fluids and also in performative dialogue with Brandtsegg’s perfromance on the large feedback plate. Welsh’s videos use close-ups of the physical audio interactions and thus provide a deeply immersive spatial experience of the volatile processes.

The title of the exhibition is borrowed from Brandtsegg’s music release with feedback instruments. The process and materials of the disequilibria are related.

Room overview, video montage, light plastic draperies, large cymatic feedback plate (center), cymatic feedback tray (front)