Mixtape vol 32 is a two-part online exhibition included in the line-up of The Substation’s SeptFest 2022, which features 2 artists, Chong Li-Chuan and Andy Yang for Side A and Side B, respectively. Curated by Lizzie Wee, this online showcase is organised in a way that is reminiscent of the act of making a personalised 2-sided mixtape for a loved one; to share a curated playlist that soundtracked a particular moment in time.

In What is the sound of one hand clapping? Chong Li-Chuan captures the sounds around the still-existing-but-closed space at Armenian Street, where The Substation used to reside, to create a soundscape composition for Side A; while Andy Yang animates abstract forms and light to an original composition which ebbs and flows in Swan Song, an uplifting farewell to the space we once knew for Side B.

In tying with The Substation’s theme for SeptFest 2022: uproot | rootless, Mixtape vol 32 is an ode to the transition from the physical space that The Substation used to inhabit for the last 32 years to the uprooted, transient, and versatile entity it currently exists as. These two works act as bookends of SeptFest 2022: Side A will be released on the 1st of September and Side B will be available for view on the 30th. Mixtape vol 32 – Side A & Side B are both nostalgic interpretations of how we grapple with the loss of what The Substation once was as a place and institution, yet still look to its current fluid form and identity, while considering how to shape its hopeful future.

Mixtape vol 32 – Side A

Releasing 1st September 2022 at midnight

Mixtape vol 32 – Side B

Releasing 1st October 2022 at midnight