On Still
Costumes for the live visuals for Got to Keep On for The Chemical Brothers, 2019
By Kate Tabor
The visuals for The Chemical Brothers' live shows are created by designers Smith & Lyall. Together, Adam Smith, an award winning filmmaker and Marcus Lyall, artist and director have been show directing the Chemical Brothers' live experience for the last 10 years.
Working with a regular team of creative collaborators they direct and design the visuals, lights, lasers and props and practical effects. Inspired by the music, looks are created for each song which take the audience on a multi-sensory, immersive journey. Initially visualised in 3D software, the concept was transformed with custom-made geometrically-themed costumes and real performers. The dancers were shot in a studio using large-scale film lighting to create a striking high fashion look.
[Design Museum]
Electronic: From Kraftwerk to The Chemical Brothers
(July – February 2021)
Evoking the experience of being in a club, the exhibition will transport you through the people, art, design, technology and photography that have been shaping the electronic music landscape.
Celebrate 50 years of legendary group Kraftwerk with their 3D show. Step into the visual world of The Chemical Brothers for one of their legendary live shows, as visuals and lights interact to create a new three-dimensional experience by Smith & Lyall.
Travel to dance floors from Detroit to Chicago, Paris, Berlin and the UK’s thriving scene; featuring over 400 objects and the likes of Detroit techno legends Kevin Saunderson, Juan Atkins, Jeff Mills and Richie Hawtin, "Godfather of House Music" Frankie Knuckles, Haçienda designer Ben Kelly and the extreme visual world created by Weirdcore for Aphex Twin’s ‘Collapse’.
Discover early pioneers Daphne Oram and the seminal BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Indulge your senses with large scale images of rave culture by Andreas Gursky, iconic DJ masks and fashion, a genre-spanning soundtrack by French DJ and producer Laurent Garnier, a sound reactive visual installation created specifically for the exhibition by 1024 architecture, graphics from Peter Saville CBE, history-making labels and club nights.
[Design Museum]
On Still
Costumes for the live visuals for Got to Keep On for The Chemical Brothers, 2019
By Kate Tabor
The visuals for The Chemical Brothers' live shows are created by designers Smith & Lyall. Together, Adam Smith, an award winning filmmaker and Marcus Lyall, artist and director have been show directing the Chemical Brothers' live experience for the last 10 years.
Working with a regular team of creative collaborators they direct and design the visuals, lights, lasers and props and practical effects. Inspired by the music, looks are created for each song which take the audience on a multi-sensory, immersive journey. Initially visualised in 3D software, the concept was transformed with custom-made geometrically-themed costumes and real performers. The dancers were shot in a studio using large-scale film lighting to create a striking high fashion look.
[Design Museum]
Electronic: From Kraftwerk to The Chemical Brothers
(July – February 2021)
Evoking the experience of being in a club, the exhibition will transport you through the people, art, design, technology and photography that have been shaping the electronic music landscape.
Celebrate 50 years of legendary group Kraftwerk with their 3D show. Step into the visual world of The Chemical Brothers for one of their legendary live shows, as visuals and lights interact to create a new three-dimensional experience by Smith & Lyall.
Travel to dance floors from Detroit to Chicago, Paris, Berlin and the UK’s thriving scene; featuring over 400 objects and the likes of Detroit techno legends Kevin Saunderson, Juan Atkins, Jeff Mills and Richie Hawtin, "Godfather of House Music" Frankie Knuckles, Haçienda designer Ben Kelly and the extreme visual world created by Weirdcore for Aphex Twin’s ‘Collapse’.
Discover early pioneers Daphne Oram and the seminal BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Indulge your senses with large scale images of rave culture by Andreas Gursky, iconic DJ masks and fashion, a genre-spanning soundtrack by French DJ and producer Laurent Garnier, a sound reactive visual installation created specifically for the exhibition by 1024 architecture, graphics from Peter Saville CBE, history-making labels and club nights.
[Design Museum]