Rachel Boyd

I hear before I see. Two pendulum speakers hang from the square-panelled ceiling. The sound is directed toward the ear, yet interference thickens it into a heavy sonic mud, obscuring its edges. Electric fencing snaps; wire scrapes against concrete. A translucent silhouette appears—not still, but stilled. The sound continues: water pouring over a head into a glass. A gentle polyvocal “Ahhh” gathers like spectres in the dark. Mouths clatter; lips press.

Patterns are a system of forms, rhythms, and refrains. Ax·is Mun·di– which translates as ‘centre of the earth’ – explores how pattern, observed and anticipated, can become a method of worlding: an ongoing, iterative act. Kambo’s development of this ensemble of practices was afforded through the expertise of BALTIC’s technical, curatorial, and production teams, emerging during her residency in the fourth-floor studio.

Imran Perretta’s A Riot in Three Acts is a multidisciplinary installation consisting of a film set, cinematic score and archival objects. The work considers riots and civil uprisings that have occurred in response to systemic injustice experienced by marginalised communities.