Opens Friday 16th October
Time: 6pm
Location: Level 1, 285 Cashel Street
Fibre Gallery, Christchurch
Join us for the opening of La Familiar, all welcome.
La Familiar celebrates the visceral culture of sound in Aotearoa: siren culture, AFTLOS (All For The Love Of Sounds), bass culture, parades and the unofficial social spaces built around loud sound. A shrine to an upbringing, it looks at how cars, sirens and modified systems bring people together to meet, compete, dance and have fun, a scene that increasingly lives online as much as it does on the streets. La Familiar isn’t asking you to think about the noise, but about the moving vehicle of sound itself, and everyone it brings together, participant or annoyed citizen alike.
About the artist
Shiloh Sagapolu (@ss.murch) is a multidisciplinary artist born and raised in West Auckland, now based in Ōtautahi. Drawing from everyday life, current trends and the humour of growing up, her work explores Pacific life and experiences in Aotearoa today.
Her practice spans sewing, illustration and textiles. Her first solo exhibition, La Sireneta, reimagined a dream bedroom and TV set inspired by her adolescence and transition into her 20s. The installation brought together sewn objects, illustrations and textiles, including ‘vape bags,’ character archetypes and a ‘relate’ card deck, presented as props within the fictionalised space and made available for audiences to purchase.
Playful and accessible, Shiloh’s work invites audiences into a world that feels both personal and familiar.