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Beyond the Deepening Shadow

17/10/2018

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Solomon's Knot has been working with composer Mira Calix to record vocals for her new sound installation commissioned by the Historic Royal Palaces for the Tower of London, to commemorate the end of the First World War.  Mira's soundscapes will accompany a visual spectacle designed by Tom Piper, who created the installation involving 888,246 ceramic poppies at the Tower in 2014.

As often in Mira's work, the voices will be disintegrated and rewoven together, projecting from fixed as well as portable speakers, carried around the space by dancers.  The sung text is a poem by writer and First World War nurse Mary Borden, directed at an unnamed soldier.  Taking place from 4-11 November, the installation will evolve over four hours from 5pm, as thousands of flames spread throughout the space.

It is a great honour to be involved in this work, especially after the great time we had collaborating with Mira at Snape Maltings with The Discovery of Bomarzo for the Aldeburgh Festival.
Beyond the Deepening Shadow: The Tower Remembers
The Tower of London

4-11 November between 5pm-9pm
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