Extended to 13 & 14 December
Live music on Saturday 13 from 1pm
With The Porridge Ensemble
Porridge Van: The Peculiar Art and Music of Sexton Ming and Jason Williams – a collaborative exhibition
True outsider artists, Sexton Ming and Jason Williams exemplify a lifetime commitment to art, experimental music and performance that invites and challenges in equal measure.
Sexton Ming’s Porridge Van have, since 2018, released upwards of one hundred albums, over eighty hours of music, mostly available free of charge. The project combines provocative or bizarre visuals with noise adjacent pop music to produce a challenging, immersive experience rooted in DIY traditions like punk but always with a hefty dose of humour.
Sexton and Jason have participated in Hastings and St Leonards on Sea’s experimental art and music festival SONICS since the event’s inception as Thee Sunday Sonics by artist/musician Danny Pockets in 2015, appearing as artists, musicians, performers and audience members (often in a sleeping bag).
Creative director of SONICS CIC, James Weaver, says “This exhibition is a chance to share Sexton and Jason’s work with a wider audience, to celebrate their friendship, their music and artistic collaborations, as well as solo works. It’s a celebration of these two underground artists. Porridge Van’s fiercely independent ethics and provocative / hilarious performances are a perfect fit for the nature of art that Electro Studios Project Space supports.”
Friday 5 December 6 – 9pm Opening Celebration + Puppet Show
Saturday 6 & Sunday 7, 12noon – 5pm – Exhibition open
Saturday events:
1pm Sexton Ming Nonsense Poetry Reading
3pm Live performance by Sexton Ming’s Porridge Van
Extended to 13 December, 12-5pm & 14 December, 12-4pm
Live music on Saturday 13 from 1pm
With The Porridge Ensemble