Catch it before it’s gone: The Vinyl Factory Reverb exhibition

Lauded as the gallery’s most celebrated show to date, 180 Studios has extended The Vinyl Factory – REVERB due to popular demand.

Now running until November 10, this is not one to miss.

Housed within a set of concrete bunkers deep beneath the strand, The Vinyl Factory – REVERB brings together a dazzling array of artists and musicians working across mediums including visual arts, music, film and live performance.

Upon entering the exhibition visitors are met with an continuously looping jazz funk jam, before being thrown at Jeremy Deller lecturing children on the history of rave, the body-popping of Jamaican dancehall filmed by Cecilia Bengolea, and Gabriel Moses’ stunning images of young ballet dancers in Lagos. 

Commissioned by producing outfit, The Vinyl Factory, the works seem to unpick the relationship between music and art.

This includes getting artists and musicians to make records on vinyl using one of the world’s oldest surviving record presses. 

William Kentridge has created hypnotic animated drawings to accompany Cape Town composer Neo Muyanga’s meditative soundtrack. 

Elsewhere, in a video by Kahlil Joseph, a news channel reeling out headlines on American racism cuts to Aretha Franklin singing Amazing Grace.

 One hundred vinyl records created by artists and released by The Vinyl Factory are also on display in a new installation designed by Ben Kelly. These include releases by Nan Goldin, Arthur Jafa, Pipilotti Rist, William Kentridge, Mica Levi, Marina Abramovic, Grace Jones, Yussef Dayes, Pet Shop Boys and more.

The Vinyl Factory – REVERB is a testament to the producers’ 20 years of work fostering collaborations between artists and musicians and exploring new ways of merging art and sound.

Head to 180 Studios in The Strand to catch The Vinyl Factory – REVERB before it closes on November 10.

Pictured top: Gabriel Moses film of of young ballet dancers in Lagos (Picture: Jack Hems)