THE EVENT

EXIT and the SUPA System are bringing the culture together for an evening of communing through shared sounds and movement.

July 26th 7pm - 10PM
featuring an ephemeral installation of the SUPA System by Joe Henry—designed & built for interaction.

Bring vinyls to share, swap, and enjoy. 

Complimentary beverages from Topo Chico.

THE SUPA SYSTEM

Built at a human-scale, SUPA System asks what music and sound can tell us about how we occupy spaces of power, and aims to inspire new ways of thinking about communal gathering spaces. A manifesto made physical, SUPA System cites far ranging influences to imagine how the vernacular of infrastructure could create new ways of living.

Taking inspiration from the aluminium frame of commercial billboards, the modular and open source structure riffs on a plurality of architectural traditions to create a flexible installation that repurposes commercial infrastructure to foster collaboration.Taking inspiration from the aluminium frame of commercial billboards, the modular and open source structure riffs on a plurality of architectural traditions to create a flexible installation that repurposes commercial infrastructure to foster collaboration.

SUPA System is a flexible structure that has no fixed dimensions and can be used in numerous ways. Set on hinges, the various walls of the structure can be opened and closed, allowing the shape to adapt to the space it is set within. Additionally, a semi-transparent gauze can be hung across the grid, transforming the structure into a screen for film projections.

Collaborators: Deborah Garcia (Co-design), White Rabbit Audio (Sound Design),  Lauren Harewood, SOAKE (Visual Identity), URSA Concepts (Aluminium Fabrication)

JOSEPH HENRY

Joseph Henry is a designer, urbanist and curator whose practice advocates for a more equitable built environment through policy and cultural production. His unique multi-disciplinary practice works to develop public infrastructure through public service and culture. He has written for Tank Magazine Dezeen, Casabella, and the Architectural Review. Joseph is currently the 2024 ArtLab Loeb Fellow at Harvard University.

In 2022, the British Council selected Joseph to co-curate the British Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2023 alongside Jayden Ali, Meneesha Kellay and Sumitra Upham. Their pavilion, 'Dancing Before the Moon,' explores the need for architecture to look beyond buildings and economic structures and towards everyday social practices, customs and traditions to meaningfully reflect how people use and occupy space.

Joseph worked for the Mayor of London in the Culture & Creative Industries Unit, delivering new cultural infrastructure for London. Joseph worked on the New London Museum, East Bank and the Thames Estuary Production Corridor. He co-founded the social enterprise platform Sound Advice alongside Pooja Agrawal to explore new forms of spatial practice through music. In 2020 they published the book NOW YOU KNOW.

He is a trustee of UD Music, a charity that empowers and harnesses opportunities for young people through Black music culture. He also hold positions as a board member of the Russell Maliphant Dance Company and an associate lecturer on the MArch course and Central Saint Martins. and an advisor to Theatrum Mundi.