It will also be more than interesting to observe the influence a recent CD-collaboration has had on the work of Marc Manning and Yann Novak. Early this year, the duo teamed for the album “Pairings” on Novak’s “Dragon’s Eye Recordings”, one of the more active and promising record companies to emerge of lately (or re-emerge, as the outfit had originally been founded by Yan’s father in 1989). That record has been hailed as a piece of pure ambient, without any visual connotations whatsoever. Now the two are back with seperate works on offer. Manning’s contribution for “Doodle-ee Dee” is intended as a string of “elaborate meditations on words and silence”, while Novak’s “Corrupt Media, Corrupt Data” wants to “explore the place of sound art in the marketplace and the point at which a work is given worth”. For Yann Novak, it is yet another gallery work after several similar appearances over the past few months.

The Helm was founded by Peter Lynn and Sean Alexander and intends to build rapport with local and intenational artists through monthly exhibitions.

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