The Boombox Project

Private View Thursday 1st December 2011, 6 - 9pm. Drinks by Kopparberg and Absolut Vodka. Dj set by Don Letts

The exhibition will open 10 - 6 on weekdays


XOYO in collaboration with The Whisper Gallery is proud to present the photoseries THE BOOMBOX by LYLE OWERKO. The exhibit will run from December 1st to January 2012.

While in Tokyo in 2001, photographer Lyle Owerko found a mint late-seventies Victor JVC at an outdoor market. Having already been a collector, his hunt began for more rare and obscure models. Beloved by rappers, b-boys, dancers, political protestors, and punks, a siren call to gather and dance, the boombox reminds us of when music was a collective experience and the street was a club. Owerko spent years collecting and photographing a remarkable set of vintage boomboxes, resulting in an arresting, unexpected photoseries of these cult objects.

LYLE OWERKO's photographs of the September 11 attack for TIME Magazine, including the cover shot of the burning towers, are some of the most widely known images of the decade and were published as AND NO BIRDS SANG (Wonderlust Publishing, 2002). Owerko is the winner of the 2009 Hasselblad Masters Award as well as awards from the AIGA, The National Press Photographers Association, National Geographic and Communication Arts amongst many other distinctions. He has directed music videos for artists including Rufus Wainwright and American Hi-Fi.

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