UAE 50th National Day

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Luke Halls Studio was invited to collaborate with Es Devlin and the incredible team for the UAE’s 50th National Day celebration in 2021. The piece a floating rotating sculpture – a timepiece calibrating 50 years between people and land – in the mountainous region of Hatta, UAE – created in collaboration with the mountains, the sky, the deep green lake and an exceptionally powerful group of female Emirati artists.

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & DESIGNER: ES DEVLIN

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Shaikha al Ketbi

CREATIVE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Rawdha Al Qubaisi

SHOW DIRECTION & CHOREOGRAPHY: GAVIN ROBINS & FRANCISCO NEGRIN

PRODUCER: LARMAC PROJECTS

CAMERA DIRECTION: HAMISH HAMILTON

LIGHTING DESIGN: BRUNO POET & JAMES FARNCOMBE

SOUND DESIGN & MUSIC COMPOSITION: Polyphonia & Mohamed Al Ahmed

PYRO DESIGN: GROUPE F

PROJECTION & BROADCAST VIDEO DESIGN: CHARLI DAVIS, LUKE HALLS STUDIO

ANIMATION & DESIGN: SVENJA FRAHM, TIM MARRIOTT, LUCA BRENNA, MARK TODD, ROB HALES, ROSS MARSHALL, BRUNO COSTARELLI, JASON MOSS, CHRIS HOMER

3D MODELLING & UV: DAVE SHEPHERD, RYAN KITTLESON