Model, Hello

Staged 2016–17, Adele World Arena and Stadium Tour

“As the lights lowered to the opening chords of ‘Hello,’ Adele rose slowly into view. Her enormous projected eyes opened as soon as she sang the first line. This tour and our subsequent collaborations were all studies in close-up portraiture.”

—Es Devlin

Drawing of a large rectangular prism with an image of two eyes positioned above a crowd of people and a single person on a stage.

Es Devlin, Study, Hello, Graphite on paper.
Staged 2016–17, Adele World Arena and Stadium Tour
Courtesy of Es Devlin

Black-and-white image of a large-scale projection of two closed eyes above a large crowd facing the screen.

Production photograph, Hello
Staged 2016–17, Adele World Arena and Stadium Tour
Courtesy of Es Devlin

Singer Adele on stage in a dark room with a large, black-and-white projection of her eyes behind her.

Production photograph, Hello
Staged 2016–17, Adele World Arena and Stadium Tour
Courtesy of Es Devlin

Slightly folded rectangular structure, above black background, with large-scale projection of two opened eyes; inside the structure are faint small figures.

Es Devlin, Model, Hello, Perforated aluminum, acrylic, gauze, 3D-printed resin, and LED, recreated for exhibition.
Staged 2016–17, Adele World Arena and Stadium Tour
Photo: Elliot Goldstein © Smithsonian Institution

Slightly folded rectangular structure, above black background, with large-scale projection of two closed eyes; inside the structure are faint small figures.

Slightly folded rectangular structure, above black background, with large-scale projection of a drawing of two opened eyes; inside the structure are faint small figures.

Drawing of a slightly folded rectangular structure with two closed eyes, each on a different side; handwritten text is above the drawing.

Es Devlin, Study, Hello, Graphite on paper.
Staged 2016–17, Adele World Arena and Stadium Tour
Courtesy of Es Devlin

Model, Hello

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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