Sex Objects / objetosexual

MEDIA LABEL / CURATORIAL INITIATIVE

Organized by Ian Swanson

2013–15

Sex Objects was a media label and curatorial initiative organized by Ian Swanson, working across sound, visual art, web distribution, and physical presentation. Its activity moved between online circulation and artist-organized events rather than operating as a fixed exhibition space.

The project reused the name of the earlier musical side project Sex Objex, but the musical project and the later curatorial platform remain distinct records.

2013

SOULDRONE/SUPERDEMO — adultcontemporary.us, Los Angeles

2014

Trade in Trade Up, Brought to You by Club-Mate — Silent Barn, Brooklyn

2014

EDENunlimited — collaboration with Andrew Birk and Jaakko Pallasvuo, presented by NO SPACE

2015

Java Project — Ian Swanson and Christopher Samuels, Brooklyn; organized by objetosexual.info

SOUND

Andrew Birk & Ian Swanson — Road Poets Flip Chasm — 2014

SOUND ARCHIVE

Sex Objects on SoundCloud — sound works produced by the project

WEB

objetosexual.info

SOUND ARCHIVE

Listen to Sex Objects on SoundCloud — an archive of sound works produced by Sex Objects.

EXHIBITION · 2015

Java Project

Ian Swanson and Christopher Samuels · Brooklyn

Organized through objetosexual.info, the exhibition continued Swanson and Samuels’ collaborative practice beyond Debt Collective.

Ian Swanson and Christopher Samuels installation at Java Project — Installation view · Java Project · 2015

Java Project installation view — Installation view

Java Project installation with works by Ian Swanson and Christopher Samuels — Installation view

Painting by Ian Swanson at Java Project — Ian Swanson · work view

Work by Christopher Samuels at Java Project — Christopher Samuels · work view

Collaborative work by Ian Swanson and Christopher Samuels at Java Project — Ian Swanson and Christopher Samuels · collaborative work

Glass work by Christopher Samuels at Java Project — Christopher Samuels · work detail

Plate work by Christopher Samuels at Java Project — Christopher Samuels · work view

Screen work by Christopher Samuels at Java Project — Christopher Samuels · work view

Projection by Christopher Samuels outside Java Project — Christopher Samuels · exterior projection

2014

Trade in Trade Up

Silent Barn, Brooklyn

The temporary environment joined an exterior intervention, live sound and performance, projection, and a shared visual language.

Silent Barn exterior mural during Trade in Trade Up — Silent Barn exterior

Video document 01 · 00:36

Video document 02 · 03:39

Video document 03 · 02:03

Trade in Trade Up installation with painted fabric, stage, and sound equipment — Installation view

Trade in Trade Up stage and projection environment — Installation view

Silent Barn entrance during Trade in Trade Up — Venue entrance

Wide view of the Trade in Trade Up event environment — Event environment

Live guitar performance during Trade in Trade Up — Performance documentation

Live performance with guitar and drums during Trade in Trade Up — Performance documentation

Audience and performers during Trade in Trade Up — Performance and audience

Live electronic performance during Trade in Trade Up — Performance documentation

Electronic performance at a table during Trade in Trade Up — Performance documentation

Projected computer screen during Trade in Trade Up — Projection documentation

Projection and electronic equipment during Trade in Trade Up — Projection and sound setup

Projected image and laptop during Trade in Trade Up — Projection documentation

Painted fabric installation detail from Trade in Trade Up — Installation detail

COLLABORATIVE PROJECT · 2014

EDENunlimited

Developed collaboratively by Ian Swanson, Andrew Birk, and Jaakko Pallasvuo through Sex Objects, then presented by Andrew Birk’s artist-run gallery NO SPACE.

Listen to Andrew Birk & Ian Swanson — Road Poets Flip Chasm — 2014