I’ll Speak, You Sing is by the sound artist Momus in collaboration with Japanese performance artist Mai Ueda. For three weeks, Momus and Mai will improvise in real time for five hours a day in order to form a “space-producing” narrative. Their goal is to assist listeners and viewers in creating “mental soundscapes.”

This exhibition further extends the investigation of sound scopes begun by Momus in his 2000 exhibition, Folktronia, at LFL Gallery. Folktronia featured an installation with hay bales, teepees, and a video-projected walkthrough of a forested Appalachian landscape accompanied by a soundtrack of birdcalls, donkey cries, and people’s voices. Momus resided in the gallery throughout the exhibition in order to create folk tales and record visitors singing their interpretations of songs played in the teepees.

Born Nick Currie, Momus begin his musical career in 1981 with the pop group, The Happy Family. Currie began recording under the name Momus in 1986 and has since released over 20 albums and EPs, which have been reviewed by The New Yorker, Time Out, and Salon, among others. He has toured extensively world-wide and has fostered multiple independent record labels. Momus has also worked on numerous side projects including a commissioned digital artwork for LA MoCA. Mai Ueda is a founder of the art movement, Neen, which had shows at Sketch Gallery, London and Gislaine Hussenot, Paris, among other international venues.