WARP PUBLISHING • SPECIAL PROJECTS
- Kelsey LuCauleen Smith: The Wanda Coleman Songbook (2024)
Commissioned by David Zwirner's 52 Gallery in New York, The Wanda Coleman Songbook is an immersive video installation that enlists scent, sight, and sound to explore the multidimensional depth of poems by Wanda Coleman (1946–2013). Kelsey Lu was commissioned to compose a song reimagining one of Coleman's poems.
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- Kelly MoranTin Drum: Medusa (2023)
Using a Yamaha Disklavier, Kelly Moran wrote and performed a 5 hour piece of original music for artist Tin Drum's immersive work titled 'Medusa' at Pioneer Works Gallery in New York (2023). The composition is an expansion on Ryuichi Sakamoto's orginal piece for Medusa's first iteration, which spatialized and combined recordings of undersea drones.
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- Daniel Junior-Thibaut180 Strand presents Chromatic (2024)
Daniel Junior Thibaut recently created a piece for London's 180 Strand with United Visual Artists on 'Chromatic', a software-driven optical instrument, which visualises notes and explores the interaction of sound and colour through harmony and form (2024).
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- LORAINE JAMESVOLUME at New South Wales Gallery (2023)
Loraine James created original music for Playback, an exhibition at VOLUME Festival in New South Wales Gallery (2023), alongisde renowned experimental artists FUJ|||||||||||TA, Oren Ambarchi, and Mindy Meng Wang.
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- Caterina Barbieri180 Strand: Future Shock (2022)
Future Shock presented works from 14 pioneers at the apex of sound and vision, including Caterina Barbieri's first installation - a multimedia collaboration with Ruben Spini.
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- Kelsey LuLucid Dreaming: A Portal To Awakening (2023)
Lu was commissioned to compose an eight-hour piece of original conceptual music designed as part of Sydney Festival's immersive installation at the Harry Siedler-designer "mushroom" hotel, for Lucid Dreaming: A Portal To Awakening.
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- MARK PRITCHARDDamien Jalet: Kites (2022)
Damien Jalet commissioned a 23-minute bespoke piece of music from Mark Pritchard and Dorian Concept for his project at Göteborgs Operans in Sweden titled 'Kites' - described as an extremely physical reflection on the fleeting, fragile yet powerful nature of life, hanging on a thread like a kite surfing unpredictable currents.
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- Lorenzo Senni, Mark Pritchard, GAIKAWayne McGregor: +/- Human (2017)
Award winning British choreographer Wayne McGregor partnered with Warp artists Lorenzo Senni, GAIKA, Mark Pritchard and Clark to provide the music for his +/- Human exhibition at the Roundhouse (2017).
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- Space AfrikaSEE MY WORLD: Manchester, Lagos & Me (2024)
Josh Inyang of Space Afrika produced and scored a short documentary titled 'SEE MY WORLD', which explores the cultural and political conditions for artists living in Lagos and Manchester. The film was commissioned by British Council and Big People Music.
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- Loraine JamesJoan Jonas: DIALOGUE (2023)
James composed an original piece of music for the International Woolmark Prize film (2023), created by iconic perofrmance artist Joan Jonas.
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- Squarepusher'All Night Chroma' at The Royal Festival Hall (2016)
Performed by James McVinnie on the 1954 Harrison & Harrison organ at London’s Royal Festival Hall, eight of Jenkinson’s compositions were recorded in a single night for a special commission by No Nation and PRSF For Music.
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- MAXWELL STERLINGTai Shani: The Neon Hieroglyph (2021)
Maxwell Sterling was commissioned by Turner Prize-winning artist Tai Shani for her first online artwork 'The Neon Hieroglyph'.
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- Florence Shaw (Dry Cleaning)EPOCH: Hobart House (2024)
Florence Shaw was commissioned by Hobart Current EPOCH Festival in Tasmania to create a poem and sound installation titled 'Plenty Can Be Seen In The Background', which was exhibited in Hobart's Private Secretary Cottage, one of the oldest buildings in Hobart (Tasmania).
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- YEROSHAZAHA HADID SOUND INSTALLATION
ZHA’s most recent artist-in-residence choreographer and multi-disciplinary artist Darren Johnston created an immersive collaboration ‘PORTAL’ at the Zaha Hadid Architects Gallery with a performance by dancer Donna Kim and live soundscapes from Yerosha.