IAN SWANSON

MEDIA LABEL / CURATORIAL INITIATIVE

Sex Objects /
objetosexual

Organized by Ian Swanson

2013–15

Sex Objects banner graphic
Sex Objects identity banner
Sex Objects logo
Sex Objects logo, 2015

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.

Sex Objects also functioned as a collaborative production context. The material developed with Andrew Birk and Jaakko Pallasvuo for EDENunlimited belongs to that collaboration; NO SPACE was the presenting gallery and must not be conflated with Sex Objects itself.

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
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.

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.

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 exterior during Trade in Trade Up
Silent Barn exterior
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

VIDEO · 2014

Trade in Trade Up

Three moving-image works from the event.

Video document 01 · 00:36
Video document 02 · 03:39
Video document 03 · 02:03

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.