Insert Yourself

by Jia Lee

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1.	Etude De Silentium 03:22	info	buy track
2.	Canorus 03:22	info	buy track
3.	I Disappear 03:22	info	buy track
4.	Photo from Life 03:08	info	buy track
5.	Weight of the Ocean on Me 03:24	info	buy track
6.	Tabula Rasa 02:51	info	buy track

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A site-specific music composition piece in collaboration with visual artist Nicola Dale for 'Insert Yourself' installation at SEESAW in Manchester, United Kingdom.

Insertion is the act of putting one thing into another. It implies tension, something has to give; something has to get. Operating between installation, exhibition and experiment, INSERT YOURSELF prompts an intensified personal engagement with sculpture and its environment.

INSERT YOURSELF presents an assemblage of sculptural works into which participants are invited to insert themselves, generating a living performance of individual choreographies as the gap between the creator and the audience vanishes. Participants become actively entangled within the works entering into a bodily relationship with object and form; bringing forward a physical awareness of the spaces, situations and frameworks we insert ourselves into.

This installation will be accompanied by a series of new compositional works by Leeds based composer Jia Lee. Encompassing drone-heavy pieces recorded from site-specific field recordings laced with an ethereal swarm of vocals, generating a meditative sonic escape both rich and deep in introspection. Sparsely scattered in the background within the space, these sounds will be an invitation to the viewers to insert into themselves not only into the sculptures, but the experience. As the music makes its way to the listeners, emotional perceptions will vary; of either meditative sentimentality or overt drama. You’d have to insert yourself to find out.

Music: Jia Lee
Artist: Nicola Dale
Curator: Katy Morrison

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released June 30, 2022

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Jia Lee London, UK

UK-based Malaysian music composer and sound designer for films, documentaries, arts, installations and solo releases.

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