The Barbican PresentS
Orange Juice for the Ears

A DOCUMENTARY about Beatie Wolfe

 

London’s Barbican Centre commissioned a documentary about the pioneering artist Beatie Wolfe as a highlight of its 2019 ‘Life Rewired’ season, directed by Ross Harris. With the season investigating the impact of the pace and extent of technological change in our culture and society, and looking at how we can grasp and respond to the seismic shifts these advances will bring about, there are few artists who exemplify this exploration as much as Beatie Wolfe

In Oliver Sacks’s Musicophilia he writes ‘Music can lift us out of depression or move us to tears — it is a remedy, a tonic, orange juice for the ear.’ Taking that as inspiration, Wolfe explores what music can look like in the digital age, asking what has been lost, what can be reclaimed and what remains to be updated and innovated

Stream the documentary above courtesy of Dezeen Magazine

 
 

Premieres

Orange Juice for the Ears: From Space Beams to Anti-Streams

World Premiere

The Barbican hosted the world premiere of the documentary they commissioned about Beatie Wolfe’s music, innovations & approach titled ‘Orange Juice for the Ears: From Space Beam to Anti-Streams’. Following the first screening of the documentary, Wolfe performed live and took part in a Q&A with Evening Standard’s Editor-in-Chief. Read the nights programme (+)

Industry Screening

Variety’s James Patrick Herman hosted the industry premiere of ‘Orange Juice for the Ears: From Space Beam to Anti-Streams’ at SecondHome Los Angeles. The screening was followed by a live performance and James interviewing Beatie Wolfe and the director Ross Harris - which was recorded direct to vinyl by Phonocut

Streaming Premiere

The Virtual Design Festival dedicated a day to the work of Beatie Wolfe and held the exclusive online premiere of the documentary (where it was the most-watched video of the festival). The film premiere was followed by an exclusive preview of Wolfe's forthcoming environmental protest piece, an essay by Wolfe on the power of art and concluded with a live interview with Dezeen founder Marcus Fairs

 

Credits

For their generous support with the documentary we'd like to thank…

 

Film Locations (in order of appearance)

  • Capsule Labs

  • Bob Baker Marionette Theater

  • Second Home Hollywood

  • Y-Que Trading Post

  • Bell Laboratories

  • Holmdel Horn Antenna

  • Victoria & Albert Museum

  • The Philosophical Research Society

  • Mount Wilson Observatory

  • Motion Picture & Television Fund

Making this possible

  • The Barbican

  • The Mill

  • Music For Dementia & The Utley Foundation

  • The Women's Alzheimer's Movement

  • The carers of Harry's Haven

  • Glenn Harris

  • Kizzy Memani (Artwork)

  • Sheri Timmons