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How Sound System Culture Took Over UK Art and Fashion

Starting in Jamaica in the 1950s, sound system culture has become a feature of artistic spaces.
Peter Doig: House of Music with Sound system by Laurence Passera / dsp London, Serpentine South, 10 October 2025 – 8 February 2026.
Peter Doig: House of Music with Sound system by Laurence Passera / dsp London, Serpentine South, 10 October 2025 – 8 February 2026. (Serpentine)

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.

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