Origin

After its celebrated premiere in May, Origin returns for a strictly limited run as part of London Design Festival 2024. Once again audiences will be invited 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 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 along with contributions from students at The Department of Theatre and Performance, Goldsmiths University of London.

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.

Transported to another world…

Serene, calm, thought provoking…

THE CREATIVE TEAM

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 in 2019. They also created the experiential room as part of Sweet Harmony Rave | Today exhibition which was 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 (London, Boston, NYC, Shanghai) and the BAFTA-nominated live event The Third Day: Autumn. 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 and ran for 18 months.

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.

In 2023 they premiered The Retiring Room, a 20 minute 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.

Toby Young

Toby is an award-winning composer and producer who creates innovative and genre-defying contemporary classical music. His work is rooted in the theatricality of opera, the energy of electronic dance music and the emotion of film scores and has been commissioned by orchestras including the London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and Rambert Dance Company. He has also co-written several chart-topping hits with drum and bass artists Chase & Status, and collaborated with artists such as the Rolling Stones, Duran Duran, Florence Welch, Kano, Snow Ghosts, MOKO, and Jacob Banks.

As Music Supervisor for Punchdrunk, Toby contributed to soundtracks for a variety of TV and stage works including BAFTA-nominated productions for HBO and Sky Arts. As a producer he has created recordings for some of the country’s leading artists including Danielle de Niese, Stephen Hough, Nicola Benedetti, and Jess Gillam.

Ben Donoghue

Ben is a Lighting Designer and Creative Director for live music, performance, fashion and large-scale live events. Recent work includes creating shows for artists including Central Cee, Ezra Collective and Hot Chip. Ben’s work with light also informs an ongoing creative collaboration with Right/Left Projects, creating immersive installation pieces such as Beyond The Road in London and Seoul, and The Retiring Room at The Standard, London. Prior to co-founding multi-disciplinary design studio Freehouse London, Ben spent time with Flare Lighting and global creative agency Imagination.

INFORMATION FOR TICKET HOLDERS

Origin is a durational sound installation on a continuous loop and audiences can expect to spend 30 – 40mins inside.

Open till 9pm (last entry 8pm), it’s the perfect way to unwind during the day or after work!

Tickets are available at time slots on the half-hour. You will be able to enter up to 20mins after the time on your ticket. 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.

OFFICIAL PARTNER TO LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL 2024

ORIGIN HAS BEEN CREATED WITH THE KIND SUPPORT OF:

The Department of Theatre and Performance at Goldsmiths, University of London

d&b audiotechnik

Wakehurst