Video documentation (10:25 min)
Statement of facts:
For a long time, I thought that all UPOs were mute. But last spring C0034: The Gargantuan Shoe taught me to never assume anything about them.
Therefore, I remained calm when Sybil sent me a voice message about a suspect howling orange object in South London.
During the summer months, I learned to be more patient, to better listen and to trust the unknown. To act rather than talk.
When I reached the address, I found a pub. I found expensive food, I found some funky-looking people. Nothing uncommon in that, we are in London, the UK’s largest and wildest city.
But there I couldn’t find any suspect orange object. Unusual, my boss is always so precise. Initially, I thought that I might have typed in the wrong address, and then that I might be slowly losing my investigative skills.
Action plan:
Accompanied by TLSB colleagues and musical talents Johnston Sheard and Zach Toppin I am planning to visit the mysterious location again on 27/08/2022, to attempt to solve this challenging conundrum through a sonic conversation with the aforementioned howling object.
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2022, Live Investigation (1 hour 30 minutes), Collective Ending, London, UK
Howling UPO (Unidentified Performing Object)
Installation view: Collective Ending, London, UK
2022, UPO (C0034-B), Materials under analysis, 500x310x230cm. Certification pending.
Mini UPOs (Unidentified Performing Objects)
Mini UPO (C0034 cornillano) – S, 2022 in comparison with UPO (C0034 cornillano) – S, 2020. TLSB certified.
2022, Mini UPO (C0034 cornillano) – S, Self-hardening clay, acrylics, varnish, steel nails, elastic laces, eco-leather, 15x7x13cm. TLSB certified.
Mini UPO (C0034 cornillano) – S, 2022 in comparison with UPO (C0034 cornillano) – S, 2020. TLSB certified.
2022, Mini UPO (C0034 krishnasaar) – S, Self-hardening clay, acrylics, varnish, steel nails, elastic laces, eco-leather, 15x4x14cm. TLSB certified.
2020-2022, Mini UPOs, Self-hardening clay – epoxy clay, acrylics, varnish, steel pins – steel rings, elastic laces, eco-leather – leather, 10-16x4x10-16 cm each. TLSB certified.
TLSB Portraits
2022, TLSB Portraits (C0034-B), Oil, acrylics, watercolour, pen and pencil on paper in anti-glare glass and MDF painted frame, 160x120cm.
Report
on behalf of TLSB
(English)
Supported by The Eaton Fund, Collective Ending and the Mini UPOs Collectors.
with: Johnston Sheard, Zach Toppin, Sonja Teszler, Lea Malgouyres, Zarina Rossheart. Photography: Tom Ribot, TLSB.
special thanks to Kelvin Atmadibrata for installation.