An Introduction to Seb Patane

Frieze Art Fair - Focus Section, Fonti, London October 2013

Erwin Piscator, Gera, January 1915
mixed media
dimensions variable
2013

Hi everyone!

Just a quick post to discuss emerging music influenced and installation artist Seb Patane. His work sums up relations to history, how people react to them and visual language. This is all interpreted through many mediums such as: drawing, photography, collage, performance, sound and video; all distinguishing violence in sculpture and correlations between peoples aspect of viewing.

The playful connotations of his mediums suggest to me that he is trying to promote his work in almost every way, given that he is interested in archives, narratives and principles. The historical references that he has developed into his collages, performances and photographs suggest eras of the first world war with comparisons to the Victorian era to show contrasts of past life to real life.

RIGHT: Seb Patane, Evening (featuring James Beckett), 2014
Sound, 2'48"

Although Patane is more interested in his sound installations. Experimenting with lengths of sound installations and extending his working practice. "Its almost expressive in ways of how you can feed people information and how you are going to do that" I personally love his "Evening" sound collage including James Beckett.As it sounds almost historical like a ceremony is present. dark and high tempos with distinct sounds. Reminded me of some of the almost magical and eerie sounds of Tangerine Dream. (there's no video uploaded on his website as yet)

Check out his "400 Sonnets In Reverse, Together" that is quite similar to "Evening" http://www.thewire.co.uk/video/p=15188