Music · A circle through time

Nightmares
on Wax.

Music Ole grew up with. Decades later, George Evelyn wears UKENA and appears to float above the sea.

Nightmares on Wax Re-Imagineering Meditation Mix artwork with George Evelyn floating above the sea in UKENA
1995

Ole was twelve when Smokers Delight became one of those records played again and again.

1999

Carboot Soul followed. The music stayed in the room and in the memory.

2023

George Evelyn appears in a UKENA work on Re-Imagineering Meditation Mix.

Something listened to in childhood returns in another form. The musician is now inside a work Ole made, suspended between sea and sky.

George in the work

The image starts moving.

One embroidered set moves through a poolside balancing act, a bicycle ride and portraits drawn into again. The garment becomes part of George Evelyn’s own visual world.

George Evelyn floating above a red rock and blue sea in a black UKENA set
Re-Imagineering Meditation Mix.
George Evelyn on a bicycle wearing a black embroidered UKENA set
The work in motion.
George Evelyn balancing above a coloured sphere in a pale UKENA suit
Another work, another balance.
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Re-Imagineering Meditation Mix was released by Warp Records on 16 January 2023. Image authorship and the exact release usage of each supplied photograph remain to verify before publication.