S McEvoy (b. 1987, IE/DK) investigates the deployment of sound in ongoing relations of power, and its manifestations in categories like vibration, sensation and embodiment. Their interdisciplinary engagement with sculpture, performance and theoretical research traces sound as an unfolding formation, sensory field and cultural construction. Creatively indebted to intuition, improvisation an exasperation, their work questions romanticised ideas of sound, instead enabling disquieting and ambivalent encounters that may or may not present more hopeful avenues for sonic thought.
They have exhibited and performed at spaces including Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Café OTO, Fylkingen, and The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Recent works include the performance installation “Sonic Romanticism” at Centrale Fies and “Silent Shout” at the 2024 Spring Exhibition at Kunsthal Charlottenborg. They graduated from the Dutch Art Institute MA in Art Praxis in 2024, where they wrote the thesis “Sonic Romanticism” under Ana Teixeira Pinto.
Alongside their artistic practice, they contribute to educational and collaborative sound-based initiatives, working as a sound consultant for artists and institutions across Europe. They have led a variety of seminars, workshops and courses in the field of the sonic arts for BFA and MFA students. They have held residencies at institutions like Struer Sound Art Lab and EMS Elektronmusikstudion.