Felix Jupiter McClafferty

Felix Jupiter McClafferty presents a curated selection of works at CMR Project Space, centred on The Inside of a Closed Box, 24 Times — an installation embodying the processes of physical and cultural decay. McClafferty employs the illusion of a 3D zoetrope to animate and breathe life into the destructive phenomenon of generation loss. Monolithic, coral-like sculptures cycle through states of erosion under a stark 10hz strobe light, drawing the audience into their pulsating, breath-like disintegration.

The version presented at CMR also introduces a live sonic exploration of the work: a performance using contact microphones attached to the strobe light, turntable, and the drum-like pillar that supports the installation. These sounds are manipulated in real time — warped, sampled, and re-EQ’d — to uncover a shifting, tactile sonic signature. Treating the installation as an instrument, McClafferty transforms visual decay into resonant noise.

Felix Jupiter McClafferty (b. 2000, he/they) is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans academic research, music, performance, writing, and both traditional and new media. Drawing on ideas from hauntology, ecology, and media archaeology, McClafferty’s projects drift through the eddies and tidal pools of the contemporary landscape — tracing the ghosts that emerge from its murk and loop their way into the future.