SAVED

multi-layered, poly-rhythmic, retro-mechanical music-theatre

​SAVED is a piece of music-theatre built from rescued 70s and 80s organs that have been turned inside out, their internal spinning speakers removed and placed on stands for us to see as well as hear. It's a hypnotic, dynamic and magical world that gently leads audiences to a place where the mundane becomes beautiful and surprising, full of new possibilities and meaning.

Did you get milk? 
It’s green bin tonight. 
Would you like to go for a drive tomorrow?

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SAVED stage set. The wooden drumheads have embedded mics and the rear speaker is from an organ

original sales brochure artwork

VOICE - Helen Gregg; ARTWORK - Yamaha sales brochure (1978)

One of the Yamaha C-55 control panels

The 1978 Yamaha Electone C-55 home organ sold for £1,990. I paid £7.50. It is 41 years old and still works perfectly. Why has it lost all value in today’s world? Will our laptops and phones still be working in 40 years?  SAVED re-presents an analogue era where buttons like ‘A-B-C Fun Block’ and ‘One Finger Chord’ captivated our imagination. Manufacturers even promised to ‘make any beginner sound like a professional from the very first day’.
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‘funny, skilful, engaging, tense, inventive and dynamic’ - Graham Rose, Creative Director, Glasgow Science Centre

motorised rotating speaker

AM radios

house music and recorded text played live via cassette deck

speed-modulated whisk

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