KEFE: Music Island

Harman Projects is pleased to presenT Music Island, an exhibition by artist duo KEFE, composed of Kelly Tunstall and Ferris Plock. The exhibition marks the artists’ fourth solo exhibition with Harman Projects, and their first collaborative exhibition in San Francisco in many years.

As music has shifted from physical formats to virtual platforms, Plock and Tunstall are drawn to what continues: the objects, processes, gestures, and people which carry sound forward, even as they become increasingly invisible.

Music Island translates these elements as architecture, as place, and while its inhabitants are imagined, they’re drawn from lived experiences. Within the works—ranging from paintings, objects, and installations—these figures build altars from speakers, plug in cables, and wait for cues.

Through a variety of mediums, including acrylic, watercolor, spray paint, ink, gold or silver leaf, and collage, Kelly Tunstall and Ferris Plock create highly detailed works, often character-based paintings, on wood panels. Their exhibits can also include installation, video, or sculptural components.