Visionaries Es Devlin on Art, Imagination and Designing for the World’s Stage - Visionaries Episode 4
Es Devlin is one of the world’s most visionary artists and stage designers - the creative mind behind some of the most iconic cultural moments of our time, from Beyoncé and Adele’s performances to the London Olympics and Conference of the Trees at COP26 in Glasgow.
In this episode of Visionaries, Alice Aedy sits down with Es to explore the imagination as a tool for connection and change. They discuss how awe can shift behaviour more than fear, what it means to design for both human and non-human audiences, and how art can help us see, and build, a more hopeful future.
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Chapters
- 00:00:00 Introduction: The Power of Seeing Through Others
- 00:03:16 Finding Comfort Zones and Trusting Instinct
- 00:05:28 Early Memory: Nearly Drowning and the Influence of Light
- 00:07:24 An Atlas of Collaboration: The Monograph as Lens
- 00:10:06 Following Instinct: Choosing Theatre Over the White Room
- 00:15:40 From Wire to Beyoncé: The Evolution of Concert Design
- 00:18:40 Conference of the Trees: Art Meets Climate Action
- 00:21:27 Congregation: Portraits of Displacement and Belonging
- 00:24:03 Come Home Again: More Than Human Londoners
- 00:26:01 Left Brain, Right Brain: The Architecture of Attention
- 00:31:25 The Art of Scale: Models, Giants, and Human Perception
- 00:33:09 First Awe: The Staircase Built 25 Times Bigger
- 00:35:34 The Oddity of Theatre: Stillness and Shared Attention
- 00:37:28 Advice for Young Visionaries: Finding Common Ground
- 00:43:25 Legacy and Being a Good Ancestor
Visionaries with Alice Aedy
Producer - Chloe Puttock
Art Director - Liliana Saldanha
Director - Issey Rider
Camera Operator - Stephan Knight + Sam Mulvey
Lighting - Al Rice
Editor - Tom Forsey + Paolina Stefani
Colour Grade - Jasper Brown
Music by the talented Jon Hopkins