Parrish Smith's Expo in Het HEM: Close Range
Parrish Smith is an electronic musician with an urge to explore the possibilities with his music. Over the years he has pushed the boundaries within conventional electronic club music by entering into collaborations with diverse makers and working with interdisciplinarity. In the run up to his upcoming album, he will present an exposition at Het HEM.
In the months that Het HEM was closed to the public, he used the old bullet factory as the backdrop for his video project, Never Break Faith, linked to his debut album Light, Cruel & Vain (Dekmantel Records). For this project he collaborated with artists Alice Héron, Atilla Yuksel, designer Philip Atanasov and tech artist Roel Weerdenburg. The video, directed in collaboration with Gijs Ranitz and Djoa Lekatompessy, features a throne-shaped sculpture by Philip Atanavos and a root-like installation by Alice Héron and the spiritual plasterwork of Irma Joanne. These monumental objects will be on display from April 8 as part of a mini-exhibition titled, Close Range, showing the versatile practice of Parrish Smith.
