Hi-fi society: how sound system culture took over UK art and fashion

<p>Starting in Jamaica in the 1950s, sound system culture has become a feature of artistic spaces</p><p>When visitors make their way into Peter Doig’s House of Music show at the Serpentine, they’re confronted with not one but two sound systems.</p><p>The north gallery sports a vintage Western Electric and Bell Labs system that was used in cinemas in the 1920s and 30s, while Doig’s own set of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DQXGuvBDUKo/">Klangfilm Euronor speakers</a> (which he acquired from Kraftwerk’s Florian Schneider) also pump music into the space. Doig’s Maracas painting features towering speaker stacks.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/nov/13/hi-fi-society-how-sound-system-culture-took-over-uk-art-and-fashion">Continue reading...</a>