Cory Arcangel 'In Conversation' with Mike Sperlinger and Greg Hilty Part I

Cory Arcangel talks to Mike Sperlinger, Assistant Director of LUX and Greg Hilty, Lisson's Curatorial Director about works in his recent exhibition Speakers Going Hammer at Lisson Gallery.

Arcangel presented works previously unseen in the UK, demonstrating new themes and articulating the wide range of his practice, following on from his large installation, Beat the Champ, in February at The Barbican, London, and a solo show entitled Pro Tools which opened in May 2011 at The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

Speakers Going Hammer -- a phrase used for describing speakers pushing too much bass -- takes its title from the single by rap artist and Youtube sensation, Soulja Boy. In the exhibition Arcangel looks at popular culture and celebrates the cycles of taste which dictate the high-tech, the forlorn, the passé, and the soon to be passé. He highlights increasingly brief lifespans of technology, fashion and media, blending high and low production techniques in the creative process.

Arcangel's artistic practice began in a somewhat unorthodox way, emerging out of his studies as a musician. Many musical influences and performative elements remain important to his work stemming from a core interest in technology-driven popular culture.

New York based Arcangel first gained attention for his hacking and alteration of vintage video games as well as his Internet-based interventions. An evolution towards the appropriation of systems and video imagery began his exploration of mediums of popular culture. This interest in technology has evolved to include tools and systems such as Photoshop, You-tube and Garageband, all of which Arcangel uses in ways that are not their primary or intended function to create often surprising results.

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