Installation shots of my work at 0, -1 with Pete Smithson last month. Thanks everyone who came to see it, as well as Jefford Horrigan, @isabelle_pead and @danny_pagarani who did amazing performances on the final night.
Intimacy w/ @hasmithson
Tomorrow at 3pm on @rtm.fm
Harry Smithson is an artist living and working in London. His work explores sonic structure, ritual and storytelling through performance, sculpture and sound - often hybridising all three in the form of installation. He draws upon a mixture of contemporary and historical references, ranging from the symbolism of Haley’s Comet, to Steven Spielberg’s movie ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind.’ Smithson uses these instances as touchstones within his work to consider wider themes of transformation, illusion, resonance and reoccurrence.
For Intimacy, he will be sharing a collection of sound works created over the last few years. Made using a variety of homemade and modified instruments and techniques, they range from sounds created by dissolving sculptures, a two piece suit modified into an electronic instrument, homemade Hurdy Gurdy’s, spinning speakers and a DIY modular synthesiser.
V excited for this show 🥹
New work 'Dancing Pulsation' currently showing at Playform, Hypha Gallery 2, No.1 Poultry, curated by @resonantground
Photographed by @studio_adamson
Show open until the 30th of May, Thursday - Sunday
𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌 𝔻𝕀𝕐 𝕀𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤
Get hands-on with sound in this practical, creative workshop led by artists Harry Smithson and Tam Lin. Together you’ll build your own oscillator, get lyric writing insights and, if you’d like, make some noise together at the end of the session!
@hasmithson Harry’s work spans performance, visual art and sound, exploring themes of transformation and resonance.
@tamilimit Tam is an interdisciplinary artist whose electronic music treads the line between organic and synthetic, working with vocal experiments and synthesiser manipulation.
🕥 Sunday 17 May, 2-5pm
📍 Hypha Gallery 2, 1 Poultry, EC2R 8EN
🔗 Eventbrite ticket in bio
PLAYFORM curated by @resonantground
Open 24 April - 30 May
Open Thursday-Sunday, 12pm-6pm
Exhibiting artists: @_snake_case_@tengwanggggggggggggg@sam_jacksonart@hasmithson@anais.ost@42sod@patriciaisabel
Exhibition presented by: @hyphastudios@recessed.space@cheapsideba
#contemporaryart #creativeworkshop #instrumentmaking #londonevents
𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌 featured artist @hasmithson
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PRIVATE VIEW: 23 April 6-9pm
📍Hypha Gallery 2, No.1 Poultry, London, EC2R 8EJ
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Harry Smithson is an artist living and working in London. His work explores sonic structure, ritual and storytelling through performance, sculpture and sound - often hybridising all three in the form of installation. He draws upon a mixture of contemporary and historical references, ranging from the symbolism of Haley’s Comet, to Steven Spielberg’s movie ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’. Smithson uses these instances as touchstones within his work to consider wider themes of transformation, illusion, resonance and reoccurrence.
Recent exhibitions; lake gallery (solo), Bomb Factory, The Good Rice (duo) and Somers Gallery. He holds a MFA in Fine Art Media from the Slade School of Fine Art.
Artwork images: ‘Hairy Star’ and ‘Dancing Pulsation’ - Harry Smithson
PLAYFORM curated by @resonantground
Open 24 April - 30 May
Open Thursday-Sunday, 12pm-6pm
Exhibiting artists: @_snake_case_@tengwanggggggggggggg@sam_jacksonart@hasmithson@anais.ost@42sod@patriciaisabel
Exhibition presented by: @hyphastudios@recessed.space@cheapsideba
#contemporaryart #architecture #exhibition #sculpture #drawing
Come by and listen or lock in online to Kindred Radio today! (Tuesday 17th)
We have a performance from Harry Smithson who was interviewed as part of the exhibition publication designed by Izi Thexton
‘As an installation and sound artist, an integral part of my practice is housed in the building of DIY instruments. Primarily these are used as tools to create sound works, but also often become part of my multimedia installations, where I explore ideas of ritual, sonic structure and storytelling through interactions of sound, sculpture and imagery. These instruments range from a DIY air organ hacked together out of a toy melodica, a foot pump and blow up mattress, to a custom made speaker that rotates on a record player, paired with two microphones to create a constantly fluctuating feedback loop. My most notable instrument to date is a DIY modular synthesiser which I have slowly built from scratch over the past 10 years, and features extensively throughout my body of work.’
Tune in to hear some top tunes!
Read more of Harry’s feature about the DIY music community and building your own synth in the book that was launched as part of the show.
We have a great line up of DJs playing from 15:00-21:00 including participating designers David Chen and Alex Hatch
@hasmithson@izi.thexton@david.chen02@m6industrial
📸 @jonnylee___
📸 @kindred_ldn
#designeverything #londondesignfestival #ldf @l_d_f_official
STP Archive: The Wall is Never Innocent, Unless…
Performance & Installation by @hasmithson
Bed Organ, 2024 A work utilising a blow up bed, foot pump and melodica to create a DIY reed organ. The bed acts as a set of bellows to push air through the melodica, one performer lies on the deflating blow up bed while the second performer constantly attempts to keep it inflated using the foot pump and plays the melodica until the bed is eventually drained of air.
Photo credit: @willxiong021
Showing alongside Pete Smithson at ‘0 -1’
Opening on the 14th of august 6-8:30 at 98 Robert st, NW1 3PQ and Fridays and Saturdays 16-24th. They’ll also be a closing performance night on the 24th with artists Jefford Horrigan, @isabelle_pead and @danny_pagarani
