A chandelier recalls the equipment of microphones used to capture recordings
Leon Chew, The Call, under Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst, Serpentine, 2024
the call
Holly Herndon and Matt Dryhurst
Serpentine North, London will close on 2 February 2025
Walk into London’s Serpentine North gallery and it’s one of the first things you see the organ. But it’s far from a typical instrument with shiny bells and reeds. This organ consists of fans used to cool the graphics processing units. Each fan hums in a pitch based on its own oscillation, and the sounds combine into an otherworldly hymn…
