An Atlas of Es Devlin” will examine the origins, rigor and depth of Devlin’s process through a compelling journey into her 30-year archive, charting the evolution of form, scale and intention in her practice, from teenage drawings and paintings, to designs for theater, opera, stadium concerts and ceremonies, to her current engagement with climate and civilizational crises. We can also take care of your assistance dog if you are attending a ticketed event and do not want to take your dog into the performance space. Following on from the success of the Yayoi Kusama exhibition in Summer 2023, An Atlas of Es Devlin takes over our vast Warehouse space on weekdays from October 25 until November 3 2023. For anyone wanting to glean an insight into how cutting edge stage design evolves from inception to jaw dropping finality, the book offers a comprehensive account of the artist’s major projects; including the London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony, 2022 Super Bowl half-time show with Dr. Cooper Hewitt continues to push the boundaries and contribute to a more expansive definition of what design means today and how it relates to the complex world around us,” said Maria Nicanor, director of Cooper Hewitt.

There is so much beauty, precision, love and compassion entailed in making a work of art but it’s very unusual that a piece exposes that process to its audience.Coinciding with the installation of the artist’s 30-year archive at Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York, the book is an attempt to capture the breadth of her titanic career, published by Thames and Hudson. An Atlas of Es Devlin, the first monograph on Devlin’s genre-defying practice, is an experiential publication encompassing art, activism, theater, poetry, music, dance, opera and sculpture.

The soundscapes created by Polyphonia aka composers Jade Pybus and Andy Theakstone include music from Es Devlin’s hugely popular immersive artworks A Forest of Us (2021) at Superblue, Miami, BLUESKYWHITE (2021) at 180 Studios, London, and several new works that will be shown in her new exhibition at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Museum of Design, New York (2023). The exhibition will reveal thematic connections and trace the development of Devlin’s groundbreaking ephemeral architectures. The publication of An Atlas of Es Devlin coincides with the artist’s 30-year archive exhibition at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York, and her recent project credits include Beyoncé’s Renaissance tour – which has become the highest-grossing tour by a female artist in history. Her work is rooted in a lifelong practice of reading and drawing, from the plays, song lyrics and opera libretti that have informed her performance sculptures, to the works of fiction, poetry, geo-philosophy, anthropological economics, biology and climate science that have formed the foundation of her art and activism over the past decade.Find yourself surrounded by coloured light, sound and music, while contemplating a series of meditative texts read by Devlin herself. As the studio lights dim, projections will bring the objects and walls of the studio to life, encompassing viewers in Devlin’s voice and imagination. Over the past decade her art practice has engaged with biodiversity, linguistic diversity, and collective AI-generated poetry. Bloomberg Connects makes it easy to access and engage with arts and culture from mobile devices when visiting in person, or anytime from anywhere. An Atlas of Es Devlin, the first monograph on artist Es Devlin’s genre-defying practice, is an experiential publication encompassing art, activism, theatre, poetry, music, dance, opera, and sculpture.

But at the time, I felt much more comfortable walking into a room full of people staying up all night making model theatres, and I think you make those decisions based on which rooms you want to stay in, versus which rooms you just want to walk out of. The app platform is part of Bloomberg Philanthropies’ longstanding commitment to supporting digital innovation in the arts. The book features over 700 color images documenting 120 projects spanning four decades, and a 50,000-word text featuring Devlin’s personal commentaries on each artwork as well as interviews with collaborators, including Bono, Benedict Cumberbatch, Brian Eno, Sam Mendes, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Alice Rawsthorn, Carlo Rovelli, Abel ‘The Weeknd’ Tesfaye, Lyndsey Turner and Pharrell Williams. The texts are brought to life with a program of collective readings, and visitors are invited to participate in a cumulative artwork while gaining insights to inform their own practice and purpose. Free bus services stop at all city-centre stations, and near to Aviva Studios along Deansgate, Bridge St and Quay St.

The final gallery is filled with the texts that have guided Devlin’s work—from the plays, song lyrics and opera libretti that have informed her performance sculptures to the works of fiction, poetry, geo-philosophy, anthropological economics, biology and climate science at the root of her art practice over the past decade. Generous support is provided by Amita and Purnendu Chatterjee, Lisa Roberts and David Seltzer, Kimberly Schuessler, and Morgan M. The organization focuses on five key areas for creating lasting change: the Arts, Education, Environment, Government Innovation and Public Health.

She views an audience as a temporary society and encourages profound cognitive shifts by inviting public participation in communal choral works. Tour led by the exhibition’s curator, Andrea Lipps, Associate Curator of Contemporary Design and Head, Digital Collecting. Having studied English Literature and Fine Art at Bristol University and London’s Central Saint Martins, respectively, Devlin admits that her hunger for visual ingenuity and flair for the poetic almost led her into the headline-grabbing world of 1990s contemporary art. Over the past decade her art practice has engaged with biodiversity, linguistic diversity and collective AI-generated poetry.The toilets in the brick arches of the Social are gender neutral, so you can use facilities in any of the three arches. is globally renowned for her large-scale, illuminated installations and sculptures for performances.