London’s Barbican Gallery commissioned United Visual Artists to create a new work for the Curve in 2014. Coinciding with their 10th anniversary, UVA presented ‘Momentum’, an immersive installation that combines light, sound and movement.
Drawing on physics and digital technology, UVA turned the Curve into a spatial instrument, installing a sequence of pendulum-like elements throughout the 90 meter long gallery to create an evolving composition of light and sound. The pendulums – sometimes moving in unexpected ways – project shadows and planes of light across the 6 meter-high walls and curved floor of the space. Visitors were invited to explore the room at their own pace, and their movement through the gallery shapes their individual experience.
When the great bell BOOMS over the Portland stone urn, and From the carved cedar wood Rises the odour of incense, I SIT DOWN In St. Botolph Bishopsgate Churchyard And wait for the spirit of my grandfather Toddling along from the Barbican.
