Step Forward: Sonic Visions, Ormside Projects
Step Forward: Sonic Visions | 24.11.24 – 28.11.24 | Ormside Projects
Rarely seen productions, such as Carol Jacob’s Step Forward (1988), a People-to-People Channel 4 documentary about South East London’s Black music scene, will be screened alongside contemporary films & performances by DJs & selectors, including @lordtusk, @livinggatlato and @jimjanco as well as a specially comissioned edition of Edward George's now legendary radio series, the Strangeness of Dub & Ben Swaby Selig's remarkable audio-visual piece Sound Clash (first exhibited at Frieze in 2024).
The exhibition opens at 5:30pm on Sunday 24th November & is accompanied by a screening & performance series.
Sunday 24 November (Opening): The program launches with Carol Jacob’s documentary about South London’s 1980s Black music scene which featuring interviews with musicians and academics, including Smiley Culture and Paul Gilroy, was commissioned by Channel 4 through the People to People strand.
* The screening begins at 6:30pm and is followed by a panel discussion between Carol Jacobs; producer, selector and, curator, Lord Tusk and Tony Dowmunt, (Emeritus Professor of Communications and Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths, and co-director of the LCVA). Afterwards they’ll be music DJ & NTS radio host, Living Gatlato.
Tuesday - 26 November
Punk tapes from the LVCA will be screened aside Rock My Religion (Dan Graham, 1984), a no wave film analysing the emergence of rock music as creed.
* Screenings begin at 7:30 pm, followed by music from Jim Janco, curator of the People Drift club night series, and member of the bands No and Permission.
Wednesday - 27 November
Writer, researcher, and musician Edward George presents a live episode of his ongoing radio series The Strangeness of Dub which, combining critical theory, social history, cross-genre musical selection and live dub mixing, explores dub’s dimensions, spaces and influences.
*begins at 7:30 pm
Thursday - 28 November
To close the program, Ben Swaby Selig curates a series focusing on black industrial sound and sonic futures.
Screenings include:
The Last Angel of History (John Akomfrah/ Black Audio Film Collective, 1996), a hybrid documentary investigating the origins & impact of Afrofuturism and techno music partly through incorporating interviews with musicians, such as DJ Spooky, Goldie, and Derrick May and cultural theorists/ authors including Kodwo Eshun, Samuel R. Delaney and Octavia Butler.
Iwoyi: within the echo (Tayo Rapoport and Rohan Ayinde 2024), an exploration of the Black radical imagination and the potential of Black British music to manifest reparative futures
Collective Hum (B.O.S.S. 2019), an exploration of the polyphony of collectivity in the desires, motivations and stories that foreground the histories & present(s) of Black British sound
Sound Clash (Ben Swaby Selig & Hannah Oliver, 2024) a collaborative accompaniment to the sonic artwork featured in the exhibition itself.
*Screenings begin at 7 00pm and will be followed by a discussion between Ben Swaby Selig, Hannah Oliver, Kodwo Eshun (Otolith Group/ Centre for Research Architecture, Goldsmiths ) ), Tayo Rapoport and Rohan Ayinde. Afterwards, Lord Tusk will perform live.
*Please note that Ormside is accessed via a flight of stairs & will be taking donations in support of Palestine throughout the program.
Space is very limited so or more details on how to reserve your free spot see Ormside's instagram.
Lineup
music/ audio/lectures/ discussions by:
Edward George
Ben Swaby Selig
B.O.S.S with thanks to LUX
Carol Jacobs
Dan Graham with thanks to electronic arts intermix & the artist’s estate
Hannah Oliver
Kodwo Eshun
livinggatlato
Lord Tusk
Jim Janco
John Akomfrah/ Black Audio Film Collective with thanks to LUX
Rohan Ayinde
Tayo Rapoport