15th January -Tales From The Bridge (2012)
Originally composed as a commission for the GLA as part of the 2012 Olympic city dressing events, this is a 3D soundscape installed for 8 weeks on the entire length of the Millennium Bridge during the 2012 Olympics - an hour long meditation on the history of the Thames - witnessed onsite by 4m people
Composed by Martyn Ware for Illustrious
Co-created by David Bickerstaff and Martyn Ware
Script written by Mario Petrucci and David Bickerstaff
Commissioned by GLA
22nd January - Liquid Histories (2017 – world premiere of English version)
The original immersive soundscape, spoken in Mandarin, has been created as part of a season of major art installations as at the London Pavilion at the Shanghai Urban Space Art Season. Under the theme of “Connections”, the curatorial team at Central Saint Martins has focused on the River Thames as a vessel of stories, both real and imagined. The installation reflects on the river as being simultaneously a public space of the imagination, a foundational source for the city and also an untamed natural power. The exhibition is currently housed in a magnificent 1930s grain silo on the Huangpu river in Shanghai, forging a connection between the two urban centres.
The curatorial team comprises David Chambers, Associate Lecturer on BA Architecture and MA Narrative Environments and Director of Aberrant Architecture, Martyn Ware, Director of Illustrious, founder of the Human League and Heaven 17 and Practitioner in Residence at Central Saint Martins, and Jeremy Till, Head of Central Saint Martins. The composition has been revoiced in English for this exhibition.
3D Soundscape by Martyn Ware for Illustrious
Orchestral composition by Gabriel Ware for Illustrious
Script by Jeremy Till
Voices by the students of Central Saint Martins
29th January - The Outer Reaches (2017 – world premiere)
The original Radiophonic Workshop kindly allowed Illustrious access to previously-unheard snippets of original compositional ideas from the works of Delia Derbyshire. The result is a world-premiere ‘fever dream’ of sonic creativity - Delia’s astounding talent is overwhelmingly beautiful, and embodies the very essence of sonic futurism.
3D Soundscape by Martyn Ware for Illustrious
Original compositional elements by Delia Derbyshire (by kind permission of the Radiophonic Workshop)
Additional composition by Martyn Ware, Eddie Amos and Elena Ware for Illustrious