* subject to change according to the health measures in effect
Artist Christof Migone will present his first solo exhibition in Montreal since 2010.
Mirroring the layout of a record store, Press Record is a distilled representation that becomes almost uncanny when compared to how even the most curated record store seems to be bursting at the seams with music and ephemera. Instead of overstuffed bins and a loud, ever-changing soundtrack, Migone offers several series of sound works that, for the most part, occupy the space with their varied silences. Many of the sounds are implied.
The exhibition features three distinct bodies of work: Micro (2014), 4 feet and 33 inches (2014-2017), and Record Release (2012-2020). The latter will occupy the entirety of the main space and takes as its starting point the basic physical unit to make vinyl records: lentil-sized PVC (polyvinyl chloride) pellets. These minuscule bits of potential sound appear in various works that track the process of releasing in various obsessional ways. In Migone’s work, sound is both referential and inferential, potential and material.
Photo: Christof Migone, Record Release Record, 2016. Exhibition view. Photo by Toni Hafkenscheid.
