Dubmorphology

⚡️Special event this Wednesday We are delighted to welcome artist Ângela Ferreira @angela_ferreira__ to The Showroom to discuss her new commission ‘Slits Are Girls’ with curator Andrew Renton @andrew.renton Together they will explore how the exhibition brings into dialogue two distinct yet resonant histories of punk: the early emergence of The Slits in West London and the anti-apartheid resistance embodied by National Wake in late-1970s South Africa. Don’t miss - book now via link in The Showroom bio 👆

Going live today: new intervention by Black Industrial Research Group as part of Ângela Ferreira’s exhibition: ‘Slits are Girls’ Thursday 9 April, 12pm onwards As part of Ângela Ferreira’s commitment to sustaining the ‘Slits are Girls’ installation as an open, working space, the artist has invited the Black Industrial Research Group to intervene throughout the exhibition. Building on Dubmorphology’s opening performance in February, the Research Group have developed an evolving intervention that draws on punk and its entanglements with multiple political and cultural histories. This expanded field of research and critique montages sound and visual elements, projected onto one of the sculptural forms within the installation. This ongoing, generative, and semi-autonomous system is intended as a non-conforming, punk montage machine that suggests connections between artistic and political projects in the UK and South Africa. The exhibition continues until 7 June Open Wednesday – Saturdays, 12–6pm @angela_ferreira__ @andrew.renton @dubmorphology #blackindustrialresearchgroup #punk #montage #installation #intervention Images: Ângela Ferreira: Slits are Girls with Black Industrial Research Group, installation at The Showroom, 2026. Photo: Cesare De Giglio →

𝕆𝕤𝕔𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 ℂ𝕒𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕤𝕖𝕝 ::: 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕆𝕣𝕓𝕚𝕥 A dialogue between analogue sculptures and electronic algorithms, two playable large-scale hydraulic sound sculptures, a Brussels canal zone site-specific durational set, acousmatic Afro-descendant memory in Europe, pioneering Gnaoua music, acoustic DIY sound objects, Afrofuturism Film Night, bray harp possibilities ::: 01.05, Limpe Fuchs & Mark Fell @ Bodeek: Coming from seemingly incompatible traditions, exploring temporal instability through sustained improvisation, where music becomes a continuous negotiation of time as an audible and unstable process. 26.04, Vica Pacheco & Loto Retina @ MDC Modelwijk: A live duet for two large-scale hydraulic sound sculptures inspired by pre-Columbian whistling vessels creating a continuous, mirrored yet never identical dialogue. 03.05, Dubmorphology (Trevor Mathison & Gary Stewart) @ BUDA BXL: A durational performance using environmental sonics from geophone, hydrophone, and contact mics alongside synthesis and archival voices to explore encounters between language, identity, and systemic power. 28/04, Laryssa Kim/Michèle Bokanowski @ Rosas Performance Space: Mfinda explores Afro-descendant memory in Europe through Congolese sound archives that surface in flashes within a broader sonic tableau, bridging electroacoustic writing, archives, and rhythm to celebrate transmission, ancestry, healing, and rebirth. Kim will also spatialize Bokanowski’s Rhapsodia. 26/04, Imane Guemssy @ Maison de la création Modelwijk: A pioneer and ambassador of Gnaoua music, breaking taboos by blending tradition with modern influences while emphasizing its spirituality. 01/05, Sholto Dobie & Alanas Gurinas @ Bodeek: Self-made instruments and everyday materials in a site-specific approach, autonomous sound objects unfolding through loose structures and subtle transformations. 27/04, Afrofuturism Film Night w/ Africa is/in the Future @ MDC Modelwijk: Screenings of I FELT IT INSIDE OF (ME) by Ange Mukunde and The Last Angel of History by John Akomfrah, introduced by AIITF’s Marie Umuhoza. 02/05, Rhodri Davies @ Bodeek: “Precise, angled brays / Speaking every profound feeling.”

This time last week ‘Slits are Girls’ by Ângela Ferreira @angela_ferreira__ opened with an amazing sonic performance by Dubmorphology @dubmorphology , and a wonderful introduction to the exhibition by Ângela and curator Andrew Renton @andrew.renton . Thank you to all, and to all who came! Building on Dubmorphology’s performance drawing on Punk and its entanglements with multiple political and cultural histories, The Black Industrial Research Group are developing a second, evolving intervention – an expanded field of research and critique, montaging sound and visual elements that will be projected onto the works within Ferreira’s installation, launching in April. More information will be available soon - watch this space! Images - various action shots from the evening with the last two images courtesy of Paul Gorman @_paul_gorman_ The exhibition runs until 7 June. Open Wednesday – Saturday 12-6pm The exhibition is funded by Henry Moore Foundation, @HenryMoorefdn_grants , exhibition supporter Mercedes Vilardell, CIEBA, Belas-Artes at the University of Lisbon,and Goldsmiths University of London @goldsmithsuol . The public programme is funded by Paul Hamlyn Foundation. @paulhamlynfoundation

'Slits are Girls' is #AngelaFerreira solo show at #Theshowroom which brings one of the few women punk group 'The Slits' back through the lens of punk in South African. Ângela Ferreira never stops surprising us, here she brings another understanding of this movement against everything and firstly against apartheid. This was 50 Years ago and injustice still remains, be it at the level of social justice or Gender. A show nicely curated by #Andrew Renton. A surprisingly way of revisiting the punk movement which also started around the corner of this iconic exhibition space. #Dubmorphology #theshowroom #AngelaFerreira #BRIGBlackIndustrialResearch Group

𝐎𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ::: 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞: The program for our 10-day trip is complete (as always, there will still be a few last-minute surprises), so high time to dive into the workshop, concert, discourse and expo program. This year, the mothership will pass by Maison de la création Modelwijk, Hall M – URSquare, Rosas Performance Space, OASIS.bxl, Bodeek, BUDA BXL, iMAL, Beursschouwburg and our own HQ. Don’t sleep on it – get your tickets (day tickets & 3/6/10 day passes)! 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬: Alanna Stuart, Augustė Vickunaitė, Bárbara González, Charlie Usher, Claire Williams, Diane Barbé, dj sniff, Dubmorphology (Gary Stewart & Trevor Mathison), Elijah Maja, Femke Snelting, Ikbal Lubys, Imane Guemssy, Jasmine Guffond, Judith Campagne, Laura Conant, Madison Greenstone, Michaela Turcerová, Michèle Bokanowski, Paul Gründorfer, Tintin Patrone, and Vica Pacheco & Loto Retina. 𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬: Adomas Palekas, Aernoudt Jacobs, Africa is/in the Future, Alanas Gurinas & Sholto Dobie, Alexis Degrenier, Gwendoline Robin, Jennifer Walshe & Neil Luck, Joost Rekveld, Ka Baird, Laryssa Kim, Lawrence McGuire, Limpe Fuchs & Mark Fell, Mariam Rezaei, Marie Thompson, Miki Yui, MSHR, NikNak, ooooo & Isabel Burr Raty, Papilloneer Orchestra (Anina, Donia, Jano, Oeryo & Soumaya Phéline), Pom Bouvier-b. & Marjolein Dijkman, Sonia Saroya & Edouard Sufrin, Takahiro Kawaguchi & Takako Minekawa, and Tom Mudd. www.oscillation-festival.be @_alannastuart_ @auguste.vic @barbaragonzalez.b @tavolo_1973 @claire_wiwi @diane.isadora @dubmorphology @garyroystewart @mathisontrevor @fleecefiles @ikballubys @imaneguemssy @jasmineguffond @lau_c_n_n_t @mads_green_stone @michaelaturcerovie @t____az @tintin_patrone @la_vica_ @lotoretina

Arriving at cinema in Porto for soundcheck and rehearsal. Will be feeding a mic from the square to get a live feed as a sonic texture. Exciting.

Tickets sold out for the preview of Ângela Ferreira: ‘Slits are Girls’ with performance by Dubmorphology Slits are Girls x Dubmorphology Thursday 26 February 6.30–8.30pm Sold out - to join the waiting list go to link in bio The exhibition will be open to the public from Friday 27 February-Sunday 7 June. Details of our upcoming public programme accompanying the show will be published shortly. — During the opening of Ângela Ferreira: Slits are Girls, Dubmorphology will present a sonic performance drawing on Punk and its entanglements with multiple political and cultural histories. The performance forms the first stage of an intervention by Black Industrial Research Group, which will evolve during the run of the show as an expanded field of research and critique, montaging sound and visual elements that will be projected onto the works within Ferreira’s installation. @dubmorphology @angela_ferreira__ @andrew.renton #performance #sonic #punk The exhibition is funded by Henry Moore Foundation, @HenryMoorefdn_grants , exhibition supporter Mercedes Vilardell, CIEBA, Belas-Artes at the University of Lisbon,and Goldsmiths University of London @goldsmithsuol . The public programme is funded by Paul Hamlyn Foundation. @paulhamlynfoundation #HenryMooreGrants

Dhangsha and Bantu teaming up on the IR track Voices of Dub Solidarity from Mongolia, Uganda, and Colombia For A Free Palestine (Dhangsha Mix) which can be found on the new IR album IR 80 Searching For The Dub Sublime available now on Bandcamp . The quote featured in this track which is attributed to Bilal which says “All the praying and all the fasting will be for nothing if we allow injustice to persist around us“ was actually spoken by Dr Butch Bilal Ware instagram @butchware We send a dub salute to our sister @nadaashkar9 and all who work with her in aiding those who are dealing with the reality of genocide and all the suffering it causes. We also know the resistance shall prevail.

Bantu @ Hundred Years Gallery, 13 Pearson St, E2 8JD Saturday 7th February 19:30 A rare outing in the UK as Bantu the alter ego of Gary Stewart at the Hundred Years Gallery art Space in Hoxton which also features sets from Xuanni and Dhangsha.  I have been having some fun prepping for this audio visual performance exploring some militant but soulful Nyabingi drum patterns to see how I might create and sculpt new rhythm and textures that reflects my political, spiritual, and cultural influences. At the heart of this performance will be my Electron Octarack performance sampler and Strega electronic synth from Make Noise which they describe as an audio alchemical experiment. I should have enough time to get some audio reactive visuals running through Resolume. Let's see how it goes as usual it will all be improvised live. Please come along. It would be great to see you there. @dhangsha_music (Bengali for ‘destruction’) is the project and alias of electronic artist Aniruddha Das. Working at the interface of bass culture and experimental noise, he explores minimalism, repetition and fragmentation, instigating turbulent interactions between metered rhythm and abstract noise.  @Xuanni_space (aka Space) is a Chinese composer, improviser, and noise artist based in London. Her practice moves between acoustic instruments, electronics, and found objects, focusing on process, physical interaction, and real-time response.  /space-music/

Angus Tarnawsky @incontextmusic at Dark Energy studios playing and manipulating his beautiful locked groove vinyl that he had cut. Totally captivating. He is exploring some fascinating territory for his PhD. Check out his website at angustarnawsky.com

Dubmorphology and guests, Bella on The Pipe and Cypher on Mic. Free Movements. Club Cheek, Brixton. Video: Fiona Bailey