Sadie Coles, Davies Street
Everything Must Change
13.Feb.25 - 24.Feb25
Sadie Coles HQ, presents new work by artist Seth Price
Martine Rose presents EVERYTHING MUST CHANGE - a previously unseen and deeply personal three-channel film, in collaboration with photographer and filmmaker Sharna Osborne. Bridging the worlds of design, music, and performance, the film features Scottish singer Jimmy Somerville performing a cover version of the song of the same name - originally performed by Benard Ighner on Quincy Jones' 1974 album Body Heat.
Somerville's rearrangement strips the song to its emotional core, with a sparse synth beat and string arrangement accompanying the singer's evocative counter tenor vocal. Images of starlings and flowers, shared by the singer, are woven into the video - underlining his cosmic pull to nature and symbolism.
"We wanted to evoke that feeling of surprise emotion that hearing music in unfamiliar contexts can bring. To explore how charged our musical memory can be. The first person who came to my mind when we discussed the project was Jimmy Somerville. There's so much freedom and elation to his singing - but with a heart breaking, haunting quality to his voice too…
…Jimmy moved so perfectly you could hear a pin drop in the studio. I'll never forget watching him. He led the whole thing. It's his."
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