Live Music and Design at the Hands of Storm Thorgerson
As another weekend draws to a close Storm proves as popular as ever as he continues to draw in the masses. The weekend was under way with Friday evening’s Eye to Eye (or not), which saw Storm take the hotseat under the all inquisitive eye of psychotherapist Dr John Woods. Woods explored a selection of works, which included both iconic and lesser known images, examining the significance of key elements and themes that reoccur across his work.
Saturday’s activities in the gallery more than measured up to the previous nights’ with a certain crowd pleaser: live body painting! Recreated for all to experience, one of the StormStudio team set about bringing the relatively recent, but hugely popular, Amputecture, to life and legend as it joins Pink Floyd in Storm’s iconic Back Catalogue. The event, which, much like the installation of the show and came as something of a surprise, was the one that many had been eagerly anticipating, and those sharp or fortunate enough to be keeping an ear out on the trusty facebook/twitter, were not left disappointed.
Joint recreations of Amputecture and Absolution take place on the gallery floor.
Amputecture joins the Back Catalogue against an Interstellar backdrop.
If, however, you were unlucky enough on this occassion to miss out on the body painting, we have something of a silver lining in store for this coming Friday 23rd. With live music provided by jazz musician and guitarist John Etheridge, the StormStudio team will produce live artwork in the IG gallery space. This will echo the creative process by which Storm and his studio go about the initial stages of all of their album artwork. Having said this, the original artwork is certain to be unique as, not only will it be formed in direct response to Etheridge’s music, but Friday’s event will be a first for the team who have never ‘performed’ as a live event and in the company of an audience.
Early origins of some familiar images
Doors will be open from 6.30pm onwards. There is no need to rsvp but we can always recommend arriving earlier to avoid any disappointment. And then of course there’s the Becks - as they say, the early bird catches the worm…
