lexi welch on Wave Farm (WGXC, NY)

Ssss (PLEASURE/LOSE/ANGEL/BLUE). Image by lexi welch

From Wave Farm:

Ssss is a four-part audio series intended for listeners driving alone at dawn. The project develops a theory of night over the course of two mixtapes: PLEASURE/LOSE and ANGEL/BLUE. Bass tones drone or find rhythm, structuring each section like a signature or refrain. Found audio fragments, field recordings, loops, remixes and voice overs are sampled in pursuit of the threshold between death and desire.

This series is dedicated to Barbara Ess. Her collaborative music project with Peggy Ahwesh, Radio Guitar, is sampled on Tape 2 Side A: ANGEL.

If you are in range, you can tune in on 90.7FM from 5:30AM to 6AM and listen while the sun comes up.

Schedule:
July 9, 2026: TAPE 1 SIDE A (PLEASURE)
July 16, 2026: TAPE 1 SIDE B (LOSE)
July 23, 2026: TAPE 2 SIDE A (ANGEL)
July 30, 2026: TAPE 2 SIDE B (BLUE)

lexi welch (b. 1991, Croton-on-Hudson, NY) works with sound, sculpture, image and text. Their practice deprioritizes visibility, pursuing vibration and diffusion, framing low-end tones as a sonic logic of deviant life. Current projects include an essay series on self-immolation; a two-channel audio work scored for a parking lot; and a film set at the threshold to hell. Ambivalence, negation, and homoerotics structure these inquiries. Their work has been exhibited at Institute of Contemporary Art Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA); OPEN (Providence, RI); Microscope Gallery (New York, NY); The Byrd Theater (Richmond, V A); in FENCE Magazine’s Steaming Series and on Wave Farm’s WGXC 90.7FM. lexi holds a B.A. in Film and Electronic Arts from Bard College, an M.F.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2022.

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