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VOID

Dan Tobin Smith + The Experience Machine
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14-22 September 2019

Monday-Sunday 10.30am–5pm, 3pm closing on Sunday 15 September, 8pm late night opening on Thursday 19 and Friday 20 September
Collins Theatre
Islington
N1 2XH
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Gemfields

Gemfields

Gemfields is a world leading supplier of responsibly sourced coloured gemstones. They specialise in the mining and marketing of emeralds, rubies and amethysts from some of the finest sources in the world. Gemfiels is proud of their leadership position and continually work to improve the awareness and delivery of sustainability within their industry all the way through to the end consumer. Their approach has always been progressive and unconventional. They are a young, dynamic company and support raw emerging talent wherever possible, working with cutting-edge designers as well as some of the most iconic brands.

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Designer Dan Tobin Smith and creative studio The Experience Machine, in partnership with Gemfields, present VOID; a multi-sensory spatial installation at Collins Music Hall, Islington. 

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Visitors will become part of an immersive experience, travelling through a series of large-scale projections that showcase the expanded space inside gemstones and map the blurring boundaries between nature and design.

A selection of Mozambican rubies and Zambian emeralds from Gemfields’ mines, which date back millions of years, are brought to life through photography of tiny microcosms magnified to become abstract, galaxy-like structures

Accompanied by other semi-precious gems created in rare geological processes, these unique mineral formations are discovered, suspended and frozen in time.

The installation considers the concept of containment and scale, employing spatial design to explore the natural borders formed within these unique mineral formations.

By translating moving image into a contained physical form and scoring the experience with harmonised layers of the human voice – by female electronic drone choir NYX – visitors are invited to enter within the portrait of a gemstone’s natural inclusion.

Supported by Gemfields.