Engine Room exhibit

Exhibition The Engine Room 2022 Reboot

These objects evolved from a sound walk, led by Tansy around Peckham, and were originally commissioned by M2 gallery, for a solo exhibition In The Mind’s Ear - a Text Score for Peckham in 2016.

by James Gosling Published

Three hand bound text scores –

  1. From transcribed sound conversations
  2. Distilled, site related-fiction
  3. Rubbings of soles of the walkers’ shoes.

These objects evolved from a sound walk, led by Tansy around Peckham, and were originally commissioned by M2 gallery, for a solo exhibition In The Mind’s Ear – a Text Score for Peckham in 2016.

The format of the book echoes the line of the stave and was made in Morley’s bookbinding classes. They were shown again as part of The Engine Room (Cornelius Cardew tribute) exhibition at Morley College Gallery in June 2022, curated by Camilo Salazar.