Jaki Middleton & David Lawrey

23 Sep-29 Nov 2009

Overview

'The Sound Before You Make It'. In the Media Lounge. 'The Sound Before You Make It' is a sculptural flipbook in which miniature zombies are brought to life through the flashing of a strobe light. Despite their animation, the zombies cannot roam free, but are cursed to a circle of repetition where the song never ends. The work utilises the technology of the zoetrope, a 19th Century optical toy, and re-contextualises it within the fantasy of Michael Jackson’s Thriller music video.