No Sound System
No Sound System is the first joint work by Jones and Hurvin Anderson since meeting at the Royal College of Art in the 90s. Made from the untraditional medium of cardboard, the non-functional speakers celebrate the homemade sound systems of the pair’s shared Jamaican culture while posing questions about the voices of first, second and third generation Caribbean British communities, or lack thereof.
Paul Jones and Hurvin Anderson, 'No Sound System', 2023. Cardboard, 300 x 300 cm. Photo: Jonathan Bassett
Hurvin Anderson, 'No Sound System' (Work in Progress Drawing), 2023. Paper and tracing paper, 65 x 62 cm. Photo: Jonathan Bassett
Paul Jones and Hurvin Anderson, 'No Sound System', 2023. Cardboard, 300 x 300 cm. Photo: Jonathan Bassett
Paul Jones and Hurvin Anderson, 'No Sound System', 2023. Cardboard, 300 x 300 cm. Heterotopia Disjuncture II, installation view, Space Station Sixty-Five, London, 2023. Photo: Jonathan Bassett
Jens Förster 'Before it Broke', loop, 2021. MPEG4, edition of 50 and Paul Jones and Hurvin Anderson, 'No Sound System', 2023. Cardboard, 300 x 300 cm. Heterotopia Disjuncture II, installation view, Space Station Sixty-Five, London, 2023. Photo: Jonathan Bassett
Paul Jones and Hurvin Anderson, 'No Sound System', 2023. Cardboard, 300 x 300 cm; Amanda Francis 'Roadside', 2019 Mpeg4, projection, size as projected and Margaret Prescod 'Fairer Than I', 2023. Mixed media installation 167 x 40 cm. Heterotopia Disjuncture II, Space Station Sixty-Five, London, 2023. Photo: Jonathan Bassett