BUMPS PER MINUTE
Bumps Per Minute is a full-throttle reinvention of the traditional fairground dodgems. It was originally commissioned by Somerset House and premiered as DODGE in their courtyard in Summer 2021.
Anna has collaborated with BAFTA-winning sound artist Nick Ryan to design a bespoke tracking technology so that every thump, bump and swerve of the 18 dodgems around the track can trigger a separate composition. This results in a kind of ultimate shuffle where high octane music and ideas compete for airtime and each explosive three-minute performance is a unique sonic display.
HUM
An installation for custom-cut whirly tubes & UV lights, commissioned by Barbican Centre for Sound Unbound 2017
CHORALE FOR LIFTS
An installation for the lifts between Marks & Spencer and Selfirdges in the Arndale Centre, Manchester for Manchester International Festival in 2017.
“I was thinking of four-part choral inventions, soprano-alto-tenor-bass, stuff like Bach’s chord writing where one part might change by one note and it completely changes the scale and harmony of the whole thing. That’s like the lifts – they can be completely static, all at the same level, and then one changes and the balance is all disrupted. I’m thinking it’ll be pure, electronic sine-like tones that will bend in pitch as you go up and down floors. It’s about using information generated by people using functional things to affect something musical. I also thought it might be good for the shops, if people come in to play about in the lifts.”
SARABANDE FOR ZAMBONI
CHRONARIUM
Anna collaborated with design Studio Loop.ph to create The Chronarium Sleep Lab - a public sleep laboratory presented as an immersive audiovisual environment that totally transforms its location into a restorative, calm and contemplative experience, responding to the Smart Nation’s need to tackle the challenges of the healthcare system. Originally commissioned for and by the FutureEverything Festival Singapore 2015, this stunning and atmospheric creation offers a fully immersive experience and is aimed at providing an antidote to non-stop city living. On entering the sleep lab, visitors lie down, rest and relax inside suspended hammocks to partake in an exclusive audio-visual experience.