Es Devlin
Reinvented concert and opera staging with kinetic sculptural sets projecting light and film for Beyonce, U2 and the Royal Opera.
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Esmeralda Devlin is an English artist and stage designer who works in a range of media, often mapping light and projecting film onto kinetic sculptural forms. She has received several accolades including a Tony Award and two Olivier Awards. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours by Queen Elizabeth II for services to design. She was recognized as one of the BBC's 100 women of 2013.
She treats a stadium stage as a sculpture that breathes, mapping film onto moving monoliths so that a pop show suddenly carries the weight of an art installation.
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Reinvented concert and opera staging with kinetic sculptural sets projecting light and film for Beyonce, U2 and the Royal Opera.
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