By Hand By Eye By Ear

Opening Thursday 11 June at SET Vauxhall, By Hand By Eye By Ear is a new group exhibition bringing together analogue and digital DIY sound objects and light installations curated by artist and SET Studio member Jenny Pengilly.

Built from found materials, discarded items, and everyday electronics, the works on display explore how sound and visuals can be coaxed from unexpected sources and overlooked technologies. Rejecting polished interfaces and digital convenience, the participating artists embrace hands-on experimentation, chance encounters, and material limitations as creative drivers. Surfaces vibrate, circuits respond to natural phenomena, and kinetic gestures become instruments. Here, sound and visuals are treated as something discovered—unearthed through play, trial, and close observation.

Conceived as a shared space for connection, creative crossover, and peer learning, the exhibition functions alongside a public programme of collaborative workshops, live performances, and ongoing invitations for visitors to interact and play.

Public programme and events

YardYard Workshop Saturday 20 June, 2-6pm Join artists from the 嘢嘢YardYard collective to experiment with sounds and making. This hands-on, drop-in workshop invites visitors to make DIY wind instruments (such as a canister xūn and straw flute) from material waste. You can also customise electronic circuit-bent synth instruments with Pei and try out Ewan Peng’s modular synth. Note: The general exhibition remains fully open to visitors while the workshop is running. Book a spot

Closing and performance night Saturday 27 June, 6-8.30pm An evening of live, improvised audio-visual sets and sound experiments taking place across the exhibition space. Full performance schedule TBC.

Live Performance Lineup

Joy For Stuff (JFS): Artists Eva Freeman and Jenny Pengilly physically exploring the sound of everyday objects.

Resonant Bodies: A live kinetic light and video collaboration by Rupert Earl and Jiawei Chong (76%). The duo will perform an improvised dialogue between vibration and light, showing how energy moves through physical materials.

Rob Shuttleworth: Improvised performance using his site-specific instrument installation.

David Sappa: Live performance with handmade, repurposed sound objects.

Pei: Experimental circuit-bent synth noise.