London, United Kingdom
Origin
lay down and be bathed in sound and light
World premiere of a unique new deep listening art installation inviting audiences to lay down and be bathed in sound and light. Created by a team of internationally-acclaimed artists, each cycle of the experience reveals what is hidden at its core. Origin is a durational sound and light installation at the cross-over between art and wellness. Born out of a desire to create a calming space to allow audiences to slow down and disconnect from the everyday, this mesmeric audio world explores themes around the cycle of life and our human connection with nature. Presented over World Heart Beat’s cutting edge d&b Soundscape system, this spatialised original soundtrack contains elements of sound design generated utilising Bronze, an animative music composition tool. The project was developed in conversation with the scientific team at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew- specifically Wakehurst, Kew’s wild botanic garden in Sussex, home of the Millennium Seed Bank. Origin is a durational sound installation on a continuous loop and audiences can expect to spend 30 – 40mins inside. Tickets are available at time slots on the hour. You will be able to enter up to 40mins after the time on your ticket – except for the final time slot of the day. Last entry for the day will be 30mins before closing. Entry into the installation will be in small groups to minimise disturbing those audience already inside and so you may need to wait up to 15 mins for entry. There is no cloakroom at the venue. Please avoid bringing large bulky items as they will not be permitted inside the installation This installation is not suitable for under 12s and any under 18s need to be accompanied by an adult.
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Listener.
Ages: 13 +
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About A Right/Left Project
Artists Stephen Dobbie and Colin Nightingale create projects that involve immersive storytelling and challenge conventional forms of interacting with art and music in transformative ways. They co-created Beyond the Road with James Lavelle (UNKLE), a multi-sensory installation merging visual arts, music and film which premiered at Saatchi Gallery London in 2019. They also created the experiential room as part of Sweet Harmony Rave|Today exhibition which was again at Saatchi Gallery the same summer. A new version of Beyond The Road was opened at Alt 1 Gallery at The Hyundai Seoul, South Korea in June 2021 and ran for six months. They have both been involved with the multi award winning Punchdrunk since 2002 as key members of the creative team helping pioneer a form of ‘immersive’ theatre and creating shows including Sleep No More. Most recently for Punchdrunk, Stephen worked as Sound Designer and Colin worked as Creative Producer & Audience Experience Curator on The Burnt City which opened in spring 2022 in London. They regularly work with other organisations and artists including designing the site and audio world for Peter Hudson’s giant kinetic sculpture Charon as part of Greenwich & Docklands International Festival 2022. Stephen regularly composes sound for exhibitions including Forever-Valentino which opened in October 2022 at M7 in Doha, and Swarovski’s ‘Masters Of Light’ at MoCA, Shanghai in September 2023. In early 2023 they premiered The Retiring Room, a 20min deep listening experience in a hotel room at The Standard, London, created in collaboration with the musician and composer Toby Young and lighting designer Ben Donoghue. The same team has created their latest deep listening experience, Origin which will have its public premiere in London over the May Bank Holiday weekend at World Heart Beat