, a new interactive experience at the central London immersive art venue Frameless. Created as part of the ongoing 50th anniversary of Pink Floyd’s
Since Wright’s death in 2008, and with it the effective end of Pink Floyd as a touring, recording band, Gala has kept closely involved in how the Floyd legacy is preserved and presented. In the modern era, the extensive and complex artistic IP of major bands can be re-interpreted in numerous ways. The lucrative likes ofPink Floyd is perhaps more contentious than most, with surviving members effectively taking very different and often conflicting paths.
Another gallery houses a digitally recreated Aurora Borealis, soundtracked by the entire album on a loop, while a third is a collaboration with the musician. Heap’s ambient work, ‘Cumulus’, has been given the same ESG analysis, only this time using the brainwaves of the innovative artist and her daughter. These are then represented by digitally powered starling murmuration, a dense and dazzling visualisation.
‘We’re pushing the boundaries of what the tech can do,’ Warp adds. ‘The visual representation of brain data provides an accessible and intuitive way to see how a piece of music can be a deeply personal yet also powerfully shared experience,’ Gala Wright concludes, ‘The added benefit of bringing awareness to my father’s compositions and musicality through the Brainstorms project serves to augment his legacy.’ He is also the host of Wallpaper’s first podcast.
‘We can’t take this type of craft for granted anymore,’ says COS design director Karin Gustafsson, who worked with Kyoto shibori artisan Kazuki Tabata on the airy summer collection.