Kiang Malingue is pleased to present in its New York space Interstice: Whirled Music, an exhibition of video works by five artists who employ the manipulation of sound and music as a strategy, in tandem with the rhythms of bodily and camera movements, to probe social and political flux and tension.
Interstice is a new occasional series, situated in between longer-form exhibitions. Extending the gallery’s ongoing commitment to moving image practices, and drawing from the framework of the interstitial, the works in the exhibition nestle within in-between spaces of the built and social environments, enact a breach in the unconscious spiral, and unravel the unseen and the unspoken. A “mishearing” of the “world music” genre, Whirled Music also embodies sonic interference as a tool that challenges notions of othering. By bringing these works together, they form a sonic composition, unique to each viewer as they enter the gallery, guided by sound, moving between one work to another.
Works in the exhibition include: Ellen Pau, Recycling Cinema, 2000, 8 min 37 sec Ho Tzu Nyen, Gould, 2009 to 2013, 1 min 48 sec Simon Liu, Refuse Room, 2024, 10 min Tao Hui, Being Wild, 2021, 12 min 3 sec Kwan Sheung Chi, ONE MILLION (United States dollar), 2025, 60 min 22 sec
