The eighth and final exhibition at Porch Gallery, ‘Callers’ by Arts group Brownsierra is an interactive sound installation.

The normal function of a doorbell is to alert an occupant to a visitor’s presence. The occupant can choose to ignore or answer. Someone who chooses to ‘call’ is seeking a response. Callers to this address will be presented with a multiple choice of occupancy; its residency has been reduced to the porch. Any callers to the porch will find their signal eternally unanswered and like the porch itself left in limbo. The response will not occur from within the house but must be found from inside themselves.

On arrival, the viewers are presented with a series of Bell pushes attached to the outside of the gallery. These are attached in a pattern that traces changes in habitation. The doorbells are situated inside the Porch itself, clearly visible from the outside. Viewers are encouraged to use the different pushes to trigger the different bells and become ‘Callers’ to the property.

Arts group Brownsierra ( Pia Gambardella & Paddy Collins) are based in London. They are editors of Noisegate magazine an independent arts journal covers subjects related to sound. Brownsierra's most recent works have included the installation Good Riddance at Mot Gallery. Recent Performances include Sound Alert, Luigi Russolo; life and Work of a Futurist, Estorick Gallery and Sound Mapping Workshops at the Building Exploratory.