i-DENTITY
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of i-D Magazine, the Fashion and Textile Museum launched an exhibition using images, short films, graphics, scents, and 3D sound from Illustrious to provide a multi-dimensional tour of the magazine’s history, as well as the wider concept of ‘identity’. Directed and curated by the magazine’s founder, creative director, and editor-in-chief, […]
Michael Clark Company
This piece was specially commissioned for the Turbine Hall in the Tate Modern. Part II: New Work was a performance by the Michael Clark Company that utilised movement, film, light and 3D sound provided by Illustrious to create a site-specific work. Created in response to the monumental architecture of the Turbine Hall, the unique event […]
Bowie’s Mood Music
Alexis Kirke and Martyn Ware discovered compelling patterns through computer analysis of David Bowie’s lyrics, song keys, album sales, and music features, presenting musical “sonifications” – the audio display of non-sound data. Using sonification of Bowie’s career data to map musical features such as tempo, pitch, and loudness and turning them into new musical compositions, […]
On Public Display
On Public Display was a 3D soundscape that was composed to delicately match and accompany Vanessa Fenton’s ballet of the same name. Staged at London’s famous Royal Opera House, the performance was commissioned by the Royal Ballet and compiled the work of five different choreographers drawing inspiration from the collective ballets created for Diaghilev’s Ballets […]
Silentnight Soundscape
Using only sounds of manufacturing recorded at the Silentnight Factory in Barnoldswick, Lancashire, Illustrious created a unique soundscape utilising the sounds of the factory. This dance track was later paired with a viral video, designed to showcase how beds are made on the production line and to showcase the art in manufacturing, as part […]
I am an Insect
Illustrious was commissioned to compose a beautiful, immersive orchestral 3D soundscape, featuring sounds of insects drifting around a magical ancient woodland glen. Children and adults added to the atmosphere by wearing specially created ‘insect hats’ with their own unique insect sounds. Spaces around and inside Bath Abbey were converted into a fantastical new world where […]
To Be Invisible
To Be Invisible was the second in a series following Breath Is Invisible, a monument in Notting Hill born out of a need to address issues of social inequality in London that were exacerbated during the early outbreak of coronavirus. The building’s facade adopted an immersive soundscape. The windows of the building were lit up […]
It’s Always Ourselves …
It’s Always Ourselves We Find In The Sea was a captivating and thought-provoking sound and art installation, an exploration of the waters of the earth and how the power of water binds all of humanity together. Created by Martyn Ware, Gabriel Ware, and Charles Stooke, with immersive storytellers Oscar Blustin and Anna Söderblom. The […]
Power Project
Power Project was an exhibition that examined the themes of Power and Industry using synaesthetic imagery, creating an immersive and multisensory experience for the viewer. The artists collaborated over their interest in shared industrial architecture and processes, the artists discovered a closer bond, as all their fathers had life-long careers in the UK steel industry. […]
The Crossing
Illustrious created a 3D soundscape for The Crossing, a shopping centre in the heart of Liverpool, in honour of Cunard’s 175th transatlantic anniversary celebrations. Featuring orchestral compositions by Martyn and Gabriel Ware, it transported the listener from one magnificent city to another using unique 3D sound techniques. The soundscape offered height, depth and breadth to […]