Model, Atlas

Staged 2019, LA Philharmonic, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, California, USA

“Meredith Monk’s transcendent wordless opera Atlas charts the spiritual growth of the 19th-century explorer Alexandra David-Néel. The young girl encounters travel companions and spirit guides within a 12-meter-diameter sphere, scored with webs of international trade and travel routes. The form encompassed Monk’s radiant vision of a possible alternative to the current world order.”

—Es Devlin

Spherical structure floating in front of a black background with overlapping lines designed on the surface. A person, dwarfed by the structure, stands within a rectangular cutout toward the left of the structure.
Production photograph, Atlas
By Meredith Monk, staged 2019, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, California, USA
Courtesy of Es Devlin
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Spherical structure floating in front of a black background with a large-scale face projected on the surface. A person, dwarfed by the structure, stands within a rectangular cutout toward the middle of the structure.
Production photograph, Atlas
By Meredith Monk, staged 2019, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, California, USA
Courtesy of Es Devlin
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White spherical model with white light glowing from within is suspended in space. A rectangular cutout and several line cutouts appear in light and create delicate light projections on the surrounding surfaces.
Es Devlin, Model, Atlas, 3D-printed resin and LED, recreated for exhibition.
By Meredith Monk, staged 2019, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, California, USA
Photo: Elliot Goldstein © Smithsonian Institution
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White spherical model with a rectangular cutout along the middle sits on a white surface. A small dark-gray figure stands in the cutout.
Es Devlin, Study model, Atlas
By Meredith Monk, staged 2019, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, California, USA
Courtesy of Es Devlin
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