PEER is pleased to present Civic Sound Archive, the first solo exhibition in an institution by artist Moi Tran. Tran often uses sound, objects and performance as a way to intervene in civic and social spaces, and has a professional parallel practice as a set and costume designer.
For her exhibition at PEER, Tran has produced the first public presentation of an ongoing, process-driven project Civic Sound Archive, comprising video, sound, tapestry, a recording booth, library and website.
Civic Sound Archive is an unruly, anecdotal repository for sonic expression as personal testimony, celebrating the joy of poor acoustics and fleeting sonic encounters that are often devalued within traditional archival methods. The project is an ongoing process of knowledge-making that uses sound to map personal experience and celebrates the power of archival practice in marginal spaces.