OF AIR AND EAR






In spring 2008 Scanner and I were commissioned to make a piece for Wayne MacGregor's 'Deloitte Ignite' festival.
The result of this collaboration is a 6hr live audio-visual work that takes the form of a
12m x 5m 'playable' light sculpture that reflects the architecture of the Paul Hamlyn Hall in which it was installed. The circular screen structure was designed in direct proportion to the circular forms in the architecture, and forms a double cone measured precisely to the throw of the two projectors, that spans the length of the hall.

The video content of the piece was made in collaboration with visual arts collective Jutojo and Mo Stoebe, and plays with simple form and echo, to create a moving or 'living' entity that breathes with the music, changing state as the dynamics of the music progress throughout the evening.

Below are pictures documenting the process from first sketches to models through to the final performance.

circular forms in the architecture. Middle semi-circle: 5m diameter



First sketch for screen structure. Central screen: 5m diameter




First test model in Jutojo studio, Berlin



Installing the scale model in my studio, London (1/5 scale)

Creating the content using the scale model in the studio


Overnight get-in at the Royal Opera House. A major rigging operation...





The model becomes real... The sculpture seen during the day in the Paul Hamlyn hall

Royal Opera House, 13th September 2008