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daSein Exhibition | MSR FCJ | Head Sounds

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daSein Exhibition | MSR FCJ | Head Sounds 崇真艺客

Gallery daSein is greatly honored to present ”Head Sounds“, a solo exhibition by the artistic duo MSR FCJ. As the anniversary exhibition, it features artists' latest works on canvas and paper. The exhibition marks the debut of MSR FCJ in Asia, as well as the first solo programme at the gallery since its establishment.

The exhibition will open on September 22nd at 16:00 and will run until December 30th, 2024.

Approaching 'style' as a subject of systematic investigation originates from Alois Riegl, who explored the social genesis and origins of style and ornaments in his book ‘Problems of Style,' positing that style is a sociological mode of expression, with its motifs narrated across various historical periods. ‘Head Sounds’ draws inspiration from the concepts of fugue and counterpoint, two common genres and techniques in music. Within the strongly anti-style creations of the artistic duo MSR FCJ in the exhibition, various linear “scribbles" enter a new context—in modulation or dissonance— with a clear yet ambiguous artistic volition. As Italo Calvino describes, a certain "lightness" stands in contrast to the dull and heavy world. The "lightness of extraction" leaps upwards, resembling a form of deconstruction of past "styles."

The emphasis on breaking away from established styles within contemporary art culture stems from Lettrism and the Situationist International—it is under the influence of these two movements that rebellion and street art became possible as potential new forces in art. MSR FCJ ’s works are more characterized by the alterations and traces brought about by comic and cartoon-like graffiti, while still evoking a sense of narrative—colour field-esque compositions, distorted cartoon figures and uninhibited lines stack and intertwine, rebellious, unstable, and limitless. After being re-created by the artists, these traces take on the textured quality of the sound they emphasize, akin to free jazz . Perhaps it's the way co-creation works that renders the imagery into a 'middle ground,' where traces of romance, horror, humor, and fantasy linger, emerging as harmony amidst chaos through the intricate interplay of repeated layering and nuanced color field synthesis.

The traces are the final visual remnants of the scribbles, where “Head Sounds” becomes a variation of free jazz. They are both symbols and images, representing those concrete descriptions which are temporarily erased after the image has been overtaken by sound. As Calvino demanded of his own writing: My working method has more often than not involved the subtraction of weight. I have tried to remove weight, sometimes from people, sometimes from heavenly bodies, sometimes from cities; above all I have tried to remove weight from the structure of stories and from language.

If we claim that traditional imagery originates from prehistoric consciousness, it is symbolic depiction manifested from observing objects. Experimental images, on the other hand, represent the intellectual power born from abandoning rules and illusions through critical thinking and cognitive processing. Today, we find ourselves once again embroiled in a ‘medieval’ struggle over survival and the environment, compelling us to concretize and materialize consciousness and the universe, transforming them into states that are graspable, imaginable, tangible, and fillable. Art should endeavor to address questions to challenge concerning human existence, and to perform these new experimental imageries through unorthodox forms of ‘making’. When art is broken down into fragmented units through varied experimental process and directions, styles become vectorized by the medium, leading to the emergence of an inverted void.

MSR FCJ (Mike S Redmond and Faye Coral Johnson) have been collaborating as an artistic duo since 2006. They currently live and work in the U.K. Mike S Redmond, born in 1987, holds a Master's degree from the Royal College of Art, graduating in 2011. Faye Coral Johnson, born in 1988, earned her Bachelor's degree from the Manchester School of Art in 2011.

Under the large scale of comics, MRS FCJ push experimental ideas of lo-fi making through a collaborative process that they approach with playful spontaneity. Recent solo exhibitions include: Happy I Have Your Head, Golsa Gallery, 2024; Puff & Watch, Andys Gallery, Stockholm, 2023; Pap Er Popper Sound, Simchowitz Gallery, Los Angeles, 2023; Cartoon Moon, Andys Gallery, Stockholm, 2021; Bubbling Pitch, HOME Mcr, U.K, 2020; Bum Steer Heap, V1 Gallery Copenhagen, 2018. They have been awarded artist residencies at Cape Town Art Residency, Cape, 2023; IASPIS, Sweden, 2022; Hospitalfield House, Scotland, 2019; Bibliothek Andreas Züst, Switzerland, 2017. Recent publication: Bubbling Pitch, Dreaming About Worms Again and The Green Stranger.

Under the large scale of comics, MRS FCJ rejected traditional attitudes towards art, consciously push experimental ideas of lo-fi making through an escapist process that they approach with playful spontaneity. Recent solo exhibitions include: Happy I Have Your Head, Golsa Gallery, 2024; Puff & Watch, Andys Gallery, Stockholm, 2023; Pap Er Popper Sound, Simchowitz Gallery, Los Angeles, 2023; Cartoon Moon, Andys Gallery, Stockholm, 2021; Bubbling Pitch, HOME Mcr, U.K, 2020; Bum Steer Heap, V1 Gallery Copenhagen, 2018. They have been awarded artist residencies at Cape Town Art Residency, Cape, 2023; IASPIS, Sweden, 2022; Hospitalfield House, Scotland, 2019; Bibliothek Andreas Züst, Switzerland, 2017. Recent publication: Bubbling Pitch, Dreaming About Worms Again and The Green Stranger.