Please join us to celebrate the opening of Social Objects, a new installation by Australian artist, Eamon Sprod.

Social Objects assembles a collection of found and borrowed sounds, speakers, everyday objects, and light to construct a new and active sound-space within the architectural frame of the Audio Foundation. In bringing together these disparate and somewhat arbitrary elements, Eamon Sprod playfully works to fragment, rearrange, dislocate, and re-contextualise the collected materials to shape a shifting series of perspectives on a static stage set.

Social Objects sees a continuation of Sprod’s practice of purposefully working with what can be found at hand to hear and see what might happen when things are drawn together and pulled apart. By following what sound might be heard to do when introduced to objects, rooms and listeners, recorded audio is cast in the varied role of an invitation, actor, catalyst and a means of inquiry within each of the situations to which it is added. In doing so, his work subtly tests how understandings of spatial-sound can be imaginatively upended.

Exhibition opens: Thursday 3 July, 5.30pm, with refreshments by Liberty Breweries
Hours: 12 – 4pm, Tuesday – Saturday
Closes: Saturday 2 August

Special event: Friday 4 July, 8pm
Artist Eamon Sprod will present a live audio work, resonant with the themes of Social Objects. This special event will also include performances by artists Will Gresson and Lia Boșcu, and local icons MONSTERWITCH.
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Office Ambience artist talk and performance: Saturday 5 July, 2pm
In a continuation of the beloved Office Ambience Series, join Eamon Sprod at the Musical Electronics Library for a relaxed presentation of his work, including discussion of Social Objects. Warm refreshments will be provided.
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Working previously as TARAB, Eamon Sprod has presented performances within Australia, Europe, Japan, Korea, North and South America; participating in festivals including Liquid Architecture (AU); Activating The Medium (US); Observatorie (ES); Bogong: Electric (AU); Tsonami Festival de Arte Sonore (CL); Amplify 2020: Quarantine (US/Online); and the Lausanne Underground Film Festival CH).

Sprod has presented installation works at galleries and festivals including First Site (AU); Totally Huge New Music Festival (AU) with Thembi Soddel and Camilla Hannan; The Substation (AU) with Camilla Hannan; Magnetic Traces – Survey Of French And Australian Sound Art, Les Instants Chavirés (FR); West Space (AU); TCB (AU); Reheat (AT); Blindside (AU); Audiosphere – Sound Experimentation 1980-2020, Museo Reina Sofía (ES); La Chaufferie, HEAR (FR); Gallerygallery inc. (AU) with Justas Pipinis; alongside other non-art spaces.

Eamon Sprod/TARAB’s compositions have been published by labels including Naturestrip (AU); 23five (US); Kaon (FR ); Semperflorens (RU); Unfathomless (BE); Cronica (PT), solo and with Artificial Memory Trace; Aposiopese (FR/BE); Swarming (FR) with Eric La Casa; Hemisphäreの空虚 (AU); F E R N S recordings (FR); and multiple works on his sonicrubbish micro-imprint formed in 2018. His first solo release under his own name is coming later this year on Aposiopese (FR/BE).
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