Sean Noyce and Johnny Gimenez unveiled their premiere collaborative project, The Resurrection of Stars, at the TRYST International Art Fair, organized by the Torrance Art Museum, from August 23-25, 2024. Their immersive installation showcased a fusion of video projections, live performance, sound, sculpture, and painting. Gimenez, former frontman for the post-punk band Tyburn Saints, performed at various times throughout the fair, bringing a ritualistic energy to the event that celebrated the cyclical passage of time through light and dark patterns.

Reverence for the sun, sky, and solar cycles has been a universal theme across the ancient world. Mythologies featuring solar deities abound, from Ra in Egypt, to Lugh in Ireland, Sol Invictus in Rome, Huitzilopochtli in Mexico, Sehul in Turkey, and Surya in India. These stories often depict a divine chariot carrying a golden disk across the heavens, symbolizing a deity’s watchful presence over terrestrial events.

For The Resurrection of Stars, Noyce assumed the role of the charioteer, donning a three-faced mask representing an all-seeing, omniscient entity. Meanwhile, Gimenez enhanced the installation with his dynamic ambient guitar performances and vocals, characterized by droning, intense sounds and voice incantations all set to the hypotonic soundscapes of handmade 4-track tape loops that he has crafted by the random deconstructing and rebuilding of vintage cassettes found in his travels, all designed to underscoring the year’s climactic moments.

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On view: Aug. 23-25, 2024

Hours: noon-6pm

Performance times: Saturday: 1pm, 3pm, 4pm, 5pm; Sunday: 1pm, 4:15pm, 5pm

Location: TRYST International Art Fair
Del Amo Crossing
21535 Hawthorne Blvd
3rd Floor, Suite 18
Torrance, CA 90503