Enclosures is a body of work that tows the line between

functional and sculptural audio technology. Through

these works Charlie and Dylan explore physical and

symbolic capabilities of discarded HiFi equipment,

interogating the sonic qualities of found and salvaged

materials. Each sculpture is a speaker and/or amplifier—

functioning objects that exist between ruin and

intervention, hi-fi and lo-fi, design and debris.

Working with cast concrete, reclaimed stone, foam

offcuts, fallen timber, and the remnants of consumer

audio technology, these pieces challenge the visual

expectations of sound equipment. Speakers are

assembled from foam, towels, logs, boxboard and scrap

metal—improvised structures that echo histories of use,

decay, and reassembly.

Embracing raw and collagic methodologies, the series

invites a slower listening and a more tactile, precarious

relationship to technology while antagonising cliches of

“black box” hifi design.

In these works, material dictates form. The sonic and

sculptural outcomes are inseparable from the stuff of

their making. 3 Channel Speakers bolted into a foam

carcass, A Bluetooth amp embedded in a stone encasing.

A subwoofer buried in a cypress log. A tweeter horn cast

into a draped cloth soaked in concrete. Enclosures

stages a brutal collision of unexpected materials with

sound technology, unafraid to pose the naive question,

“can these materials speak?”