UAE 50th National Day
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
ANIMATION SUPPORT: PEDRO GUNDAR, TOM BROWN
VIDEO PRODUCER: BRIDGET VUILLERMIN
VIDEO TECH MANAGER: JACK FENTON
PHOTOGRAPHY BY: D&D & Nicolas Chavance
