Those fortunate enough to witness Fred again..’s whirlwind 10-city, 10-week pop-up trek last year likely found themselves mesmerized by the tour’s avant-garde stage production. The ambitious journey—which spanned locations from Glasgow and Madrid to Mexico City and San Francisco—was defined by a striking visual identity that lingered long after the music stopped.
The centerpiece of the experience was a colossal, 70-meter-long suspended white fabric. This ethereal, undulating ribbon hovered over the audience like a luminous parachute, serving as a breathtaking visual counterpart to the artist’s high-energy sonic tapestry. Now, fans and art enthusiasts alike have the opportunity to immerse themselves in this unique installation created by artist Boris Acket, whether they attended the tour or not.
On Thursday, January 22, Fred again.. will host a dedicated showcase at East End Studios in Woodside, N.Y. Titled “Boris Acket — Secret Life Exhibition,” the event will feature the artist’s “Einder Surface” installation set to a reimagined version of Secret Life, the 2023 ambient collaboration between Fred and the legendary Brian Eno. The exhibition is designed to let visitors inhabit Acket’s work in a profoundly different context than a crowded dance floor.
The installation reinterprets the fabric as a “kinetic architectural statement,” transforming the venue into a space within a space. Described as a “transparent, breathing roof,” the piece invites the public to share a communal presence, moving beyond the traditional performer-audience dynamic.
Scheduled to run from 4:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. ET, the exhibition offers a meditative, durational environment. According to the AXS ticketing page, the goal is to present the work outside the “charged temporality” of a concert. Instead of a show with a fixed start and end, it is an extended ritual where guests are encouraged to sit or lie down while sound and movement drift through the hall.
The atmosphere will be periodically transformed by a “synthetic and generative storm” that reverberates through the studio every 30 minutes. This sonic disruption, newly composed by Acket for this specific exhibition, briefly destabilizes the calm before receding back into silence. The exhibition represents one of Acket’s most personal projects, aiming to foster a deep sense of intimacy between the materials, the sound, and the people sharing the space.
