Audiovisual performance duo, Sculpture, aka musician Dan Hayhurst and visual artist Reuben Sutherland, generate temporary states of digital/physical recomposition, device misuse, comic strips, pattern making, video art and electronic music.
A volatile simultaneity links the duo’s visual turntablism and unstable sound forms. Genre tropes, temporal indicators and perceptual associations are reconfigured in the moment seeking multisensory overload. With a camera mounted on a Technics turntable, Sutherland creates kaleidoscopic animations with a library of zoetropic prints. Photo collage, electromechanical imaging and cutting edge digital technique combine in hallucinatory loops and pop-art cut ups. Hayhurst uses samplers, reel to reel tape loops and CDJ manipulations to synthesize an analogue/digital hybrid of electronic pop and experimental splatter that maximises the results of unexpected combinations.
Sculpture formed as a duo for an unrehearsed performance in 2008. They have played worldwide and released media byproduct on labels including:
Dekorder: Zoetrope vinyl LPs, Rotary Signal Emitter 2010 and Toad Blinker 2011
Software Recordings: Daniel Lopatin/0PN’s label released the Membrane Pop LP in 2014
patten commissioned Slime Code, 7 unique cassette dubs + download for his imprint, kaleidoscope in 2012
Psyché Tropes: Projected Music 5″ locked groove zoetrope vinyl 2019
Ana Ott: Form Foam, zoetrope vinyl EP 2016
Digitalis: Slime Code vinyl edition 2012
Tapebox / Plastic Infinite: Various including:
Zoetrope vinyl 7″ singles, Plastic Infinite 2014 and Zyprazol 2016
Graphic novel/cassette, Nearest Neighbour 2018
Visionsonic film/EP, Fanfic Telepresence 2020
7″/zine, Malculus and Photo Synth 2022
Collected animation and video work can be viewed at youtube.com/@SculptureAV.
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Sculpture and Xylitol interview / remixes – The Quietus
Sculpture interview – Rotondes
CLOT Magazine – Heavy Rotation: The Cyclical World of Sculpture
MUTEK Montreal 2017 review
Sculpture Talks About Turning ’50s Tape Recordings Into Electronic Music And How To Be A Real Audio-Visual Project – The Creators Project
Ableton feature – Input / Output
Sculpture interview – The Quietus
Dan Hayhurst interview – The Quietus
Resonate Festival live review – The Quietus
Membrane Pop LP review – Tiny Mix Tapes
Membrane Pop LP review – Pitchfork
Toad Blinker LP review – The Sound Projector
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