EXISTENCIA INSTRUMENTAL
Igleisia St Luis, Seville, Spain
Based on ‘Life is a Dream’ by Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Part of Central St Martins MA Scenography course, 2001.
A piece of devised performance using collected text, Spanish nursery rhymes, objects, recorded and live sounds. Igleisia St Luis is a Baroque cathedral rich in ornamentation and architectural details, and above all, excellent acoustic qualities. The piece, designed for the mind’s eye, explored the visual and acoustical relationship of scenography by creating a textured theatrical experience where sound and imagery collided and merged.
THEATRE OF THE VISCERA
La Nef Manufacture d’utopies, Paris, France
Devised by Dominique Baron-bonarjee (concept, research, and movement)
Puppetry – Matt Jackson
Scenography – Ingrid Hu
Photography by Duncan Wylie
September, 2010.
Produced by La Nef Manufacture d’utopies, as part of an artist residency, this buton performance is inspired by Antonin Artaud’s concept of ‘body without organs’ and a story about organ transplant. Using La Nef’s former brick factory space as a base, the scenography involves a series of elastic and moveable draperies hoisted in the space, allowing the performers to experiment with objects and movements, and transform the interior landscape of the space through this interaction. The result is an installation performance incorporating butoh dance, puppetry, and live music.
AUDIO OBSCURA
Manchester International Festival, 2011
Text and direction – Lavinia Greenlaw
Sound design – Tim Barker
Fabricator and installer – Steely Trees
Underscore – Harry Escott
Sound production by Somethin' Else
Photography by James Whitaker
Manchester Piccadilly Station Saturday 2 - Sunday 17 July 2011
London St Pancras International Station 13 September – 23 October 2011
Co-commissioned by Artangel and Manchester International Festival, Audio Obscura is a sound work by award-winning poet and novelist Lavinia Greenlaw. In an aural equivalent to the camera obscura, the audience experienced the project in a solitary way - hearing fragments of individual narratives, glimpses of interior worlds drawn from monologues that glance off one another, hovering between speech and unconscious thought.
The design of the kiosk is inspired by the geometry of a seashell – a common reference to sound and hearing – and camera obscura. It is a temporary kiosk where 42 headsets are stored and distributed to the public. In Piccadilliy Station, the kiosk appears to penetrate the glazed concourse, drawing attention from the train platforms. In St Pancras station, the kiosk is located in the middle of the arcade, visible from all sides and the second floor.
During the day, the front elevation folds into a desk for the invigilators, and at night the kiosk is fully closed, with event details on its door.
LONGPLAYER BOWL INSTALLATION
Trinity Buoy Wharf, London
Fabrication and installation – Littlehampton Welding Ltd
Structural Engineer – Tall consulting Engineer
Photography by James Whitaker
Longplayer is a one thousand year long musical composition conceived and composed by Jem Finer. It began playing at midnight on the 31st of December 1999, and will continue to play without repetition until the last moment of 2999, at which point it will complete its cycle and begin again.
Ingrid was commissioned to design a display and storage system for the 234 singing bowls that are part of the 66-foot-wide orchestral instrument used to perform Longplayer Live. The idea is based on a circular form evoking the movement of the Longplayer Live instrument and of the cycle of the music itself.
Each tier of the structure, containing 39 bowls positioned sequentially, corresponds to one of the six concentric rings of the Longplayer Live instrument. The curvatures are derived from the diameter of each bowl, allowing the handmade bowls to stand out.
The steel structure was installed in the Lighthouse, Trinity Buoy Wharf – home of Longplayer - in autumn 2012.
MUSIC FROM NOWHERE
Music From Nowhere
Rose Lipman Building, London
Devised by Le Cirque de Charles la Tannes in collaboration with RIFT
Designers Jelka Kretzschmar and Ingrid Hu
Photography Rocio Cachon
26-28 July 2016
‘The man who invented electroniс music is about to die. His name is Lev Theremin and he is almost 100 years old. He dedicated all his life to creating things from thin air: first electronic instrument, interlaced video signal, drones, automatic doors and acoustic spying devices. Now, he is obsessively working on the problem of immortality.’
A research and development performance of a uniquely personal journey through the life of one of electronic music’s first pioneers.
Review on The Calvert Journal by Miriam Gillinson
