[스크랩] U2 The Sphere

U2:UV INAUGURATED THE SPHERE IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA ON FRIDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER 2023.

U2, THEIR LONG STANDING CREATIVE DIRECTOR WILLIE WILLIAMS AND I CONCEIVED THE PROJECT AS A GROUP ART SHOW: INCLUDING WORKS BY BRIAN ENO, MARCO BRAMBILLA, MYSELF, WILLIE WILLIAMS, TREATMENT STUDIO, INDUSTRIAL LIGHT & MAGIC, MOMENT FACTORY AND JOHN GERRARD.

THE FINAL SEQUENCE IS CALLED NEVADA ARK. A CHOIR OF 18000 AUDIENCE SING TOGETHER AS THEY ADVANCE THROUGH THE FLOODED LED TO ENTER A CATHEDRAL DEDICATED TO NEVADA’S ENDANGERED SPECIES. THERE ARE OVER 4000 SPECIES IN NEVADA, EVERY TIME WE LEARN ONE OF THEIR NAMES, WE CONSERVE A HABITAT FOR IT WITHIN OUR IMAGINATION. HERE ARE THE NAMES OF SOME OF THE SPECIES ‘CARVED’ WITHIN THE DOME AND ILLUMINATED ON ITS EXTERIOR BENEATH THE LAST SUPERMOON OF THE YEAR.

ASH MEADOWS NAUCORID
ASH SPRING RIFFLE BEETLE
BANDED GILA MONSTER
CARSON VALLEY WOOD NYMPH
COLUMBIAN SPOTTEN FROG
DENIO SANDHILL SKIPPER
DUNE SCARAB
NORTHERN GOSHAWK
LEAF-NOSED BAT
RELICT LEOPARD FROG
LONG-EARED OWL
MONARCH BUTTERFLY

BASED ON MY PAINTINGS, SKETCHES AND INITIAL RESEARCH AND RENDERS BY MATTEO MASTRANDREA, THE ANIMALS WERE CRAFTED IN PIXELS OVER 4 MONTHS WITH SKILL, LOVE AND DEDICATION BY SUSANA YAMAMOTO, NICK REYNIERS AND TIM BOOTH AT TREATMENT STUDIO.

THE SHOW IS CONCEIVED AND DESIGNED BY U2, WILLIE WILLIAMS, ES DEVLIN, RIC LIPSON AT STUFISH, GAVIN FRIDAY, MORLEIGH STEINBERG AND SHARON BLANKSON AND DIRECTED BY WILLIE WILLIAMS. THE IDEA FOR ‘NEVADA ARK’ ORIGINATED WITH ‘COME HOME AGAIN’, A CHORAL SCULPTURE, COMMISSIONED BY CARTIER, INVOKING THE NAMES OF LONDON’S ENDANGERED SPECIES OUTSIDE TATE MODERN THIS TIME LAST YEAR.