LWTUA LWTU LWT LW L (2026)
LWTUA LWTU LWT LW L is a sound installation centred around a hand-cranked gramophone playing a series of lathe-cut vinyl records, connected to a suspended network of copper pipes and brass bugles. Through the system, fragmented voices from 30 collaborators across the UK and Europe speak the chorus of Joy Division’s Love Will Tear Us Apart. The 3.5 minute sound piece reflects on cultural distance, transmission and degradation ten years after the Brexit referendum. As sound travels through the suspended pipe network, words become stretched, distorted and partially lost. Materials associated with communication and infrastructure; copper pipe, wire, playback systems and brass instruments, are reconfigured into a fragile sculptural system that carries voices across the space, exploring how collective memory and cultural connection are preserved, eroded and transformed over time.