By Hand By Ear By Eye

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. Together, the works propose alternative ways of making, listening, and visualising, where ingenuity replaces excess, and the familiar is reimagined as strange, expressive, and alive.

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.