Artists: Carmela De Falco - Magdalen Wong - Orsola Zane - Semin Hong

DES BAINS presents Background Noise, a group show featuring artists Carmela De Falco, Semin Hong, Magdalen Wong, and Orsola Zane, curated by Giulia Pollicita and Clara Rodorigo.

Borrowing its title from the homonym book by American artist and sound theorist Brandon LaBelle, Background Noise is the dissonant soundtrack to our reality, oversaturated by content, digital interconnectedness, real-time fake news, fast-paced communications, and high-speed, low-fare transport. A carefully crafted dystopia that infiltrates our private, domestic spaces, shifting our focus and causing us to lose sight of wider, shared realities.

But what’s left beyond this rotten candy-floss cloud?

Selected artworks address the concept of Noise by moving beyond its literal, medium-bound interpretation, assembling a collage of fragments that reveal glimpses into everyday and domestic realities. A tapestry of fragments, whose intentional juxtaposition challenges our perception of the everyday, delving deep into the background noise.