LONDON.- New York-based artists Ei Arakawa and Sergei Tcherepnin, and Tbilisi-based artist Gela Patashuri are collaborating on a human-size ‘speaker’ structure that will be assembled in The Showroom’s exhibition space. This ‘sound room’ will function both as a loudspeaker and a music studio, housing objects and materials ready for an ensemble to play a specific score. The ensemble will comprise Showroom staff and members of the gallery’s local community, performing on 3, 7, 11 and 14th September. Be a speaker. So be it… evolved out of work that the group have been doing towards the establishment of a new contemporary art centre in Tbilisi. Plans for this are so far imaginary, inspiring the group to devise a music festival in 2009 and develop the project Hurt Locker Instruments at Casco, Utrecht, in 2010, as part of the project Circular Facts. The installation at The Showroom will incorporate