This September four iconic centres across the UK and Ireland will host groundbreaking events fusing art and music. The breathtaking Beck’s Fusions gallery is central to the whole tour and at the London event, due to it being held at Trafalgar Square, you’ll be able to experience it on an even grander scale! The Beck’s Fusions Gallery will be open to the public free of charge and will be followed with the exclusive ticket only events.

Each Beck’s Fusions event will build towards a unique live performance from pioneering art and music talent including The Chemical Brothers, United Visual Artists, Calvin Harris and Novak 3D Disco among others who have been challenged to create inspiring and truly memorable experiences.

Description: Housed in a custom built orbital structure, set in the beating heart of London, a breathtaking performance of light and sound will materialize. Surrounded on all sides by world renowned monuments, the legendary Chemical Brothers will play a unique live set, including tracks from their new album 'We Are The Night', synchronized with a large scale sculptural light performance from United Visual Artists, along with visuals from Flat Nose George. This fusion will, for just one night, create an unrepeatable experience for those lucky enough to win tickets.


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Description: I Gaer by Clare Langan, with Lagid I Gaer by Sigur Rós. Dublin-based artist Clare Langan combines dramatic seascapes, shot in extreme slow motion, with the ethereal rock of Icelandic band Sigur Rós. Projected across multiple screens, the visuals create the illusion of a giant tidal wave surrounding the viewer. Langan creates an experience that reflects upon the fragility of mankind in the face of nature. “I chose Sigur Rós because their music evokes the extreme of climate and landscape. Lagid I Gaer (The Song from Yesterday) has a drama that works with the imagery of a stormy sea.” (Supported by The Irish Film board.) www.clarelangan.com
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Description: Doug Fishbone, with Also Sprach Zarathustra by Eumir Deodato. Doug Fishbone has created a surf celebration, a piece to fill the pod with the awesome and other-worldly majesty of big-wave surfing. Blending footage of some of the world’s greatest surfers with a disco-classical groove – Eumir Deodato’s legendary remake of Stauss’s Also Sprach Zarathustra – Fishbone brings an epic surf vibe to the city. “I wanted to put a bit of old-school into this by using a 70s disco-funk cover version.” (Footage courtesy of Billabong, Greg Huglin/towsurfingadventures.com, Tim Bonython Productions.)
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Description: Nick Jordan, with Norwegian Wood by Cornershop. In his film of a Norwegian folk dancer, Manchester-based artist Nick Jordan presents the ‘halling’ dance, which demonstrates strength and virility. Filmed in a woodland settlement in Norway and set to Cornershop’s cover of this Beatles classic, Jordan’s work makes connections between seemingly unrelated elements. “I chose this cover of Norwegian Wood because it’s an interesting fusion in itself. Sung in Punjabi, Cornershop re-frames The Beatles’ original, which in 1965 marked the first use of a sitar in pop music.” www.nickjordan.info
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Description: Erik van Lieshout, with Kingdom Come by Jay-Z. Dutch artist Erik van Lieshout presents footage shot during his recent travels through Israel, set to Kingdom Come by hip-hop giant Jay-Z. Lieshout creates an exploration into human behaviour and social-cultural realities, documenting a spirited journey in his very personal and provocative way. The film is part road movie, part pop video and part performance.
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Description: Oliver Laric, with versions of Under the Bridge by Red Hot Chili Peppers. Oliver Laric creates a new instrumental cover version and video of the Red Hot Chili Peppers song, composed entirely from video clips of amateur renditions found on video-sharing websites. The film reconstructs the song note by note, as an ever-multiplying audiovisual collage. “The great thing is how many amateur versions of Under the Bridge exist. I found more than 50 just by doing a quick search on Youtube. Maybe that’s a new measure of cultural significance, as opposed to sales and downloads.” www.oliverlaric.com
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Description: Torsten Lauschmann, with Sway by Dean Martin and Julie London (Rip-Off Artist Remix). Set to a radical, seductive remix of Martin’s quintessential rumba track, Lauschmann’s film sees animated digits sing, dance and sway around each other, collapsing and reforming in sync with the audio’s electronic interventions. “I chose this remix because of the fusion between warm vocals and the abstract, glitchy rendering of the song. It’s a love story of numbers swaying around in harmony and abstraction.” www.lauschmann.com
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Description: Am I Relapsing? by Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries, with Everybody’s Got to Learn Sometime by Beck. Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries is Young-Hae Chang (Korea), and Marc Voge (USA) creating text-based animations. Their simple, provocative slogans, manifestos and meditations have caught the attention of audiences worldwide. Am I Relapsing? tells a tale of one person’s struggle with everyday life and all its injustices. www.yhchang.com
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Description: Expressway to Yr Groove(y) by Graham Dolphin, with Into the Groove(y) by Ciccone Youth. Graham Dolphin takes objects and icons from fashion and music and reveals the obsessions beneath popular culture. In his digital animation for the pod, iconic images twinkle and flicker like glitterball reflections, while the soundtrack builds, quickens and recoils again. “I am interested in exploring Sonic Youth’s side project Ciccone Youth as an example of ownership, authenticity and the reordering and contextualising of popular culture.” www.grahamdolphin.co.uk
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Description: o/68 by Lia and @c, from O Superman (for Massenet) by Laurie Anderson. Lia, with sound artists @c, produces a reinterpretation of Laurie Anderson’s 1981 hit O Superman (for Massenet). Using software-driven processes and manual manipulation, Lia creates a series of graphics based on Anderson’s video, while remixed audio puts minimalist-inspired piano rhythms alongside the original beats and melodies. “For us, this track is an absolute landmark of late-20th-century music. As musicians and music-lovers, we learned much of what we know, we became much of what we are, from Laurie Anderson’s art.” www.strangethingshappen.org; www.at-c.org
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