The exhibition Omissionary by Tobias Kvendseth explores the sensory and physical form of omission. Through sound and sculpture he contemplates imaginary spaces and our relationship to them as they process into memories.
The central sound piece 'Parahymnal' explores the human voice and its capacity to allude to momentary spaces, together with an architectural installation and sculptural objects that seek to contain them. By suspending reality in favour of fantasy, by shaping spaces and objects to affirm internal states, the aim is to be in possession of a realm, feeling or history.
The Omissionary is a place. It is perhaps the place you stand in now – with its arches, the solemn hymns, the ritualistic objects – an ahistorical amalgamation of architectures and symbols. Yet, despite the illusion of permanence, this place is a shapeshifter. For you can only imagine this place for a fragment of time before it vapourises into a place you search for, that you once dreamt of (...)”.
A listening session will be held Friday October 13th, 13.00, followed by a conversation between the artist and curator. A commissioned text by Ruby Eleftheriotis written in response to Omissionary is available in Lydgalleriet's library and shop alongside Kvendseth's latest cassette release Shame Tapes. Curated by Julie Lillelien Porter and co-produced by Lydgalleriet.