SEL__NOIR is an inter-disciplinary artist collective founded in 2021 in response to the environmental crisis. Their immersive audiovisual projects investigate the entanglement of economic structures and power relations that foster destructive practices and the socio-ecological impact of these actions. The work of the collective is a wide-ranging commentary on harmful activities taking place in the geopolitical, economic and social spheres.

“Working with poetic sonic environments we create charged spaces that highlight systemic failure and environmental damage. Our concept albums, live events, immersive installations and podcasts reflect on current affairs and include responses to: extractivism, capital accumulation, industrial waste, climate events, socio-environmental conflicts, resource exploitation, the self-interests of corporations and governments, material technologies, underground science research, hidden assets, contaminated air, energy megaprojects, uneven power relations, and more.”

PROJECT PARTNERS
sound Of ruins, Blanca, Spain | AADK (Centro Negra), Blanca, Spain | Aldarrax, Blanca, Spain.

PROJECT SUPPORTERS
ALTER-, Val d’Anniviers, Switzerland | ONCA Gallery, Brighton, UK | The Centre for Spatial, Environmental and Cultural Politics (SECP), University of Brighton, UK | Wellbeing, Ecology, Gender and cOmmunity (WEGO-ITN) research network for Feminist Political Ecology, European Union Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme | Political Ecology Network (POLLEN), POLLEN Secretariat hosted by the Resources, Environment and Development Group, Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.

SEL__NOIR co-founders Laroche+Felt Futures

PERFORMANCES

Remembering and forgetting the air (27.07.23)
Performed live as part of the ALTER- 2023 edition research residency, Grimentz, Switzerland
[sonic arrangement, narrated script, 42-minute moving image visuals back-projected on cinema screen, Q&A]

Data Points (24.03.23)
Performed live as part of the AADK Centro Negra open studio event, Blanca, Spain
[sonic arrangement, narrated script, 20 looped still-image visuals shown on TV screen, Q&A]

Remembering and forgetting the air (27.01.22)
Performed live online as part of the Despite Extractivism events, scalar theme: ‘Embodiment’, POLLEN & University of Brighton, UK
[screen-shared images, narrated script, Q&A]

REGOLITHIC

Concept album

CONCEPT ALBUMS / EXTENDED PLAYS

REGOLITHIC
EP1 / EP2 / EP3 (sound). 2023

Artist collective SEL__NOIR present their first concept album REGOLITHIC. Created as a form of resistance and social protest, this work exposed the destructive activities of corporations and governments and their toxic relationship to the Earth. Moving beyond sensationalist and dystopian news media, the album’s twelve audiovisual tracks proposed an exhilarating ride through the failing structures that have caused the environmental crisis.

CONCEPT ALBUM TRACK TITLES AND THEMES
01 Other Planets – mismanagement of economies, failures in corporate practice and colonisation of space
02 Remembering and Forgetting – pollution from chemical processes, contested value of industry and disregard for health
03 Colliding – hidden value of matter, expanse of underground science and creation of dark energy
04 Be Holding – empty promise of commerce, unseen damage of financial growth and loss of life
05 Serving Networks – irreversible actions of industry, indifference of exploitative practice and inflated fortunes of technology
06 Filters and Syphons – elected positions of power, damaged systems of exchange and exploitation of resources
07 Broken – uneven distribution of wealth, abuse of power and illusion of security
08 Power Circuits – destabilising effects of credit, influence of corporate greed and reliance on unbalanced systems
09 Shield and Screen – invisibility of boundaries, false monitoring of policy and mistrust of protective mechanisms
10 Economic Stealth – secrecy in fiscal schemes, protection of identities and hidden costs of luxury
11 Safeguarding – accumulation of unwanted debt, grip of exploitative regimes and systemic support of fraud
12 Dust – progression of ruins, consequences of complacency and gravity of actions