The Wapping Project, the east London gallery, restaurant and performance space is hosting ‘Chorus’, an immersive kinetic experience light and sound installation by United Visual Artists.
CHORUS, 15th June – 18th July 2010
THE WAPPING PROJECT
Wapping Hydraulic Power Station, Wapping Wall, London E1W 3SG (020 7680 2080)
Installed in the Wapping Project’s Boiler House, a dark and cavernous industrial space, Chorus is simultaneously a physical and ephemeral experience consisting of an array of motor-assisted pendulums, suspended from the roof. Mounted on each of the pendulums are a light and a speaker. Together these pendulums form a single instrument that explores the relationship between performance, sculpture and installation.
Chorus was originally commissioned in March 2009 by Opera North Projects in association with The Culture Company to celebrate the reopening of the Howard Assembly Rooms in Leeds (pictured top). Chorus is effectively a musical instrument on a grand scale; an instrument in which the special location of each sound is a critical part of the composition.
Each light pendulum emits its own unique musical score that together forms a perfect ensemble of light and sound. Conceived by the British collective United Visual Artists, whose work spans permanent architectural installation, live performance and responsive installation, Chorus has been reworked within the Wapping Project.
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The pictures above show the installation in Durham Cathedral for Artichoke’s Lumiere event in November 2009. Click here to watch a video of that installation.
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