HUMAN HARP 

Roundhouse Residency

A Human Harp’s Live-Lab was installed at the Roundhouse. A series of Human Harp performances took place as part of Reverb Festival curated by Imogen Heap 

residency

The launch of the Human Harp Live-Lab took place at the Roundhouse throughout August 2014. Di and a team of engineers, musicians, designers, and dancers collaborated from a pop-up laboratory located on the venue’s first floor.  Together they built, tested, and performed the latest version of the Human Harp, designed to play the soaring columns of the Roundhouse’s circular performance space. Human Harp at the Roundhouse was funded by Arts Council England, Roundhouse, Sennheiser and Queen Mary University of London.

performances

During the residency, Di and the team developed a new Human Harp performance using the latest iteration of the Human Harp technology and wearables. The performances were created in collaboration with dancers from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Dance and took place in the main circular space.  Through movement and interaction with the harps, the performers played the metal columns that encircle the during the Reverb Festival, which was curated by Imogen Heap.

Performances

2014 Reverb Festival, The Roundhouse

partners

The Roundhouse
The Arts Council England
Queen Mary University of London
Shennheiser

Full credits below

Artist Di Mainstone and the Human Harp team were a key part of the Roundhouse’s summer events this year.  We absolutely loved having the Human Harp’s pop-up laboratory on-site throughout August and saw how their innovative musical instrument really engaged and inspired our visitors young and old.  The Human Harp performances in the main space were both beautiful and engaging

Rachel Nelkin
Producer at the Roundhouse
CREDITS

Di Mainstone

Queen Mary University of London

Adam Stark and Becky Stewart

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Di is a multi-disciplinary artist and filmmaker whose work has been exhibited at Southbank Centre, The Barbican, the V&A, Sage Gateshead, The National Portrait Gallery & more.

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