"It’s weird cos it sounds like he doesn’t know what he’s singing about, like he’s just singing the throaty shake."

Slow Cover is a collaboration between Sabina Rizos-Shaw and Max Fleury. Through a series of celebrity cutouts, cover videos, drawing workshops, and a karaoke league they consider the implications embodied in the gesture of a remake/cover. Slow Cover looks into taste as a means of distinguishing ourselves from others.

(…what it looks like to love something)

Set in a music themed cafe that was once a CD chain store, Max’s installation Lazy Sunday centres around an improvised acoustic cover of Robyn’s 2018 song ‘Honey’ and recordings of a cafe employee completing quick crafts and tasks around the cafe. Inspired by the phenomena of self-released YouTube covers, Max formed a performance persona based on his own childhood music ambitions.

Inspired by fan communities and the joy of celebrating the things you love amongst friends, Max and Sabina ran Fan Club, a fan art workshop, and subsequently created a video work with the art made on the night. Sabina has also made a range of celebrity photo stand-ins so that people can experience a moment of being those that they idolise.

"Sing me a slow cover."

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Max and Sabina are friends based in Pōneke. They studied Fine Arts at Massey University and graduated in 2018. Max is Top Fan of Charli XCX on Spotify and Sabina’s current most played song is Out of Reach by Gabrielle.

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