BRENDAN FERNANDES – THE NOISE WILL SOUND
2026-10-12The exhibition centers on Noise See, a series of photographs shot on analog film that capture figures shrouded in Shuka cloth, the vibrant checkered fabric traditionally associated with the Maasai people of Kenya. The textiles, commissioned in 2025 by the Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia, were produced in vivid red and blue plaid to investigate visibility, protest, and the legacy of empire. Dancers performed the cloth as a duet, concealing and revealing each other in choreographic dialogue that reclaimed a colonial textile into a site of protection and presence.
Opposite – Noise See VI, 2026
Exhibition runs through to October 24th, 2026
Monique Meloche Gallery
451 N Paulina Street
Chicago
IL 60622
