This book was published on the occasion of the exhibition Congregation by Es Devlin
80% of the sale price of this publication will be donated to United Kingdom for UNHCR, a registered charity (number 1183415).
St Mary le Strand, London 3-9 October 2024
A collaboration with United Kingdom for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency’s national charity partner for the UK. Commissioned by King’s College London, in partnership with The Courtauld.
Music composed and sound designed by Polyphonia. Performed by the Genesis Sixteen, the London Bulgarian Choir, the South African Cultural Gospel Choir UK and the Choir of King’s College, London.
Extracts from The New Four Seasons, Vivaldi Recomposed by Max Richter, performed by Daniel Hope with the Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin, conducted by André de Ridder, by kind permission from Max Richter,
Mute Song and Deutsche Grammophon.
Projections by Treatment Studio
Film sequences directed by Ruth Hogben Filmed performer: Joshua Shanny-Wynter Films choreographed by Botis Seva
Lighting by Bruno Poet and Johanne Jensen Creative producer: Jo MacKay at LarMac Fabrication by Stage One
Light and Sound supplied by 4Wall Projection mapping by VYV
Associate Designers at Es Devlin Studio: Claudia Fragoso, Zoe Diakaki, Anna Niamh Gorman, Temitayo Shonibare, Scarlett Moloney,
Olukoye Akinkugbe, Alice Hallifax, Victoria Bosch Vélez, Jimmy Fox
Filmed performance elements were originally created as part of There is no Other (2024), an Instagram commission.
With special thanks to: All the dedicated teams at UNHCR, King’s College London and The Courtauld; Canon Peter Babington, Karen Little and Stewart Trotter at
St Mary le Strand; Choose Love and Asylum Speakers; Gary Bird at Gavin Martin Colournet; Angela Becker and Erica Bolton.
This work has been made possible by the generous support of Bloomberg Philanthropies, Stage One, LarMac, VYV, 4Wall, 180 Studios, Somerset House and The City of Westminster.