Freq | Haberdashery

Hackney-based design studio Haberdashery has launched an illuminated feast for midsummer. Freq., a collaboration with photographer Julian Abrams, is a marvellous, luminous exhibition of light sculpture and photography, featuring five abstract light sculptures and 14 photographic prints based on these works. The stark, cavern-like space of the Hoxton Gallery under a railway arch provides an ideal emphatic backdrop for these colourful, resonant works.The light sculptures are constructions of LEDs and reflective steel and aluminium surfaces, which change colour and form as the LEDs blink at random. The photographic works are created around these light sculptures, capturing instances of their form, motion and colour with firework-like effect. Many, such as Arc Frequency #1, Merope and Musica Universalis, resemble radiant biological structures such as plant cells or corals, or conjure supernovae or fireworks. Others, such as Chromatic Oscillations in Steel, are brightly-coloured shifting patterns of lines that seem to vibrate and resonate at particular wavelengths. Others such as the rainbow-lit hexagonal form of 6ths entrance with their subtle shifts in colour and mood.Collaboration is employed every day at the Haberdashery studio for their varied commissioned work, which can range from projects with luxury interior designers, to the recent Medical Research Council’s centenary exhibition held at Imperial College, to a public lighting project for the outer London neighbourhood of Crickelwood.Daniel Siden, co-founder of Haberdashery, says “We are very excited to present this special body of our own work. For Freq. we wanted to get back to basics, exploring the simplest forms and their interactions with light. Our collaboration with Julian resulted in childlike play and experimentation, where we were looking to assemble elements that evoke a strong response within all of us, one of wonder.”https://vimeo.com/89932876