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Franki Wals (b. 1989) is a multidisciplinary artist working across sound, video, text, and other expressive media. His practice is grounded in an ongoing engagement with experience, perception, and environment — and the intricate web of relations that bind them. His musical practice unfolds in both compositional and improvisational contexts, employing materials such as feedback, amplified objects, and field recordings. He has presented his work internationally in locations such as Taiwan, Malaysia, Japan, and China.
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This project engages with the sonic content of so-called structural films of the 1960s and 1970s, a group of avant-garde works that emphasize the material elements of film—frame, editing, projection, light, and duration—over conventional narrative. After watching countless low-quality copies on a variety of dubious media platforms—and still sensing their remarkable power—he became especially attuned to the mechanical rhythms of projectors, the hiss and crackle of magnetic tape transfers, and the ambient noise of playback environments. Over time, these degraded sonic traces were selected, extracted, and recombined into a sound collage, where new resonances emerge through careful layering and juxtaposition.
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Recorded, mixed and mastered by Franki Wals
Artwork by Franki Wals
Limited to 40 copies. Folded paper sleeve with front image printed on photo paper and back information sticker, contained in a plastic wallet.
Released November 14, 2025
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