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Sour Loop: Laurel Halo & Hanne Lippard
26 March 2026 to 12 April 2026
EndedA free sound installation examining how muzak, PA announcements and anti-loitering audio simultaneously comfort and coerce — making a vacant gallery both inviting and disquieting.
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Sour Loop combines musical composition and linguistic experimentation to reflect on how sound occupies and shapes behaviour in public spaces. Drawing on recordings and sonic references ranging from easy-listening muzak, PA announcements and advertisements to the hostility of anti-loitering deterrents, the work considers how sound in such contexts can simultaneously comfort and coerce. Taking form as a warped soundtrack for an otherwise vacant gallery,...
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© Somerset House
Sour Loop: Laurel Halo & Hanne Lippard
26 March 2026 to 12 April 2026
EndedA free sound installation examining how muzak, PA announcements and anti-loitering audio simultaneously comfort and coerce — making a vacant gallery both inviting and disquieting.
From Somerset House
Sour Loop combines musical composition and linguistic experimentation to reflect on how sound occupies and shapes behaviour in public spaces. Drawing on recordings and sonic references ranging from easy-listening muzak, PA announcements and advertisements to the hostility of anti-loitering deterrents, the work considers how sound in such contexts can simultaneously comfort and coerce. Taking form as a warped soundtrack for an otherwise vacant gallery,...
Read more at Somerset House →Critic Reviews
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