Model, Fundamental

Staged 2006–07, Pet Shop Boys World Tour

“Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe’s album Fundamental critiqued Tony Blair, George W. Bush, the Iraq War, and immigration policy. For the tour, an X-ray image of a divided brain expressed the cognitive dissonance we felt as our country remained entangled in a war we didn’t want. The show was performed outside the Tower of London, complete with projected pink tanks for the anti-war extravaganza ‘The Sodom and Gomorrah Show’ and giant sequined cowboy hats for the Bush/Blair pantomime ‘I’m with Stupid.’”

—Es Devlin

Three sides of a cube that emits light are shown before a black background with an image of a brain scan on one of the sides.

Es Devlin, Study model, Fundamental
Staged 2006–07, Pet Shop Boys World Tour
Courtesy of Es Devlin

Three sides of a cube that emits light are shown before a black background; one side is black with silhouettes of two people standing.

Es Devlin, Study model, Fundamental
Staged 2006–07, Pet Shop Boys World Tour
Courtesy of Es Devlin

White cube model emitting white light; two sides are shown: one with several vertical line cutouts and the other of a brain scan.

Es Devlin, Model, Fundamental, MDF, acrylic, acetate, and LED, recreated for exhibition.
Staged 2006–07, Pet Shop Boys World Tour
Photo: Elliot Goldstein © Smithsonian Institution

A side of a cubic white model, glowing with white light from within, with two silhouette cutouts and an arrow pointing down at each figure.

Es Devlin, Model, Fundamental, MDF, acrylic, acetate, and LED, recreated for exhibition.
Staged 2006–07, Pet Shop Boys World Tour
Photo: Elliot Goldstein © Smithsonian Institution

Model, Fundamental

An Atlas of Es Devlin

Your journey so far

All pages

An Infinite Archive

Studio

Iris

Archive Unboxed

Sculptures, Ideas to Forms

Studies, Abel’s Mask

Studies, After Hours Til Dawn

Studies, Bangerz

Studies, Come Home Again

Studies, Electric

Studies, Experience + Innocence

Studies, Flag: Burning

Studies, Forest of Us

Studies, Fundamental

Studies, Hello

Studies, Innocence + Experience

Studies, Legend of the Fall

Studies, Memory Palace

Studies, Mirror Maze

Studies, PoemPortraits

Studies, Sphere

Studies, Unknown Soldier

Studies, Witness

Study, Die Tote Stadt

Study, Don Giovanni

Study, Free Your Mind

Model, Atlas

Model, Betrayal

Model, Don Giovanni

Model, Fundamental

Model, Howie the Rookie

Model, La Caja Mágica / The Seed

Model, Legend of the Fall

Model, Macbeth

Model, Parsifal

Model, The Hunt

Model, The Lehman Trilogy

Sculpture, Songs for Sorrow

Model, Abel’s Mask

Model, Bangerz

Model, Carmen

Model, Chimerica

Model, Compton Super Bowl

Model, Flag: Burning

Model, Hello

Model, Innocence + Experience

Model, Les Troyens

Model, Progress

Model, London Olympics

Study, Dynamic Cube

Study, Perforated Screen

Model, Come Home Again

Model, Five Echoes

Model, Forest of Us

Model, Infinite Library

Model, Memory Palace

Model, Mirror Maze

Model, Please Feed the Lions

Model, Poem Pavilion

Model, Redraw the Edges of Your Self

Model, Room 2022

Model, Your Voices

Model, Zoetrope

Theater in a Box

Films

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