{"id":288,"date":"2023-10-03T09:30:35","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T09:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smalldivine.com\/?p=288"},"modified":"2023-10-04T11:27:55","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T11:27:55","slug":"msg-sphere-in-las-vegas-opens-with-bespoke-artworks-by-es-devlin-and-john-gerrard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/smalldivine.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/03\/msg-sphere-in-las-vegas-opens-with-bespoke-artworks-by-es-devlin-and-john-gerrard\/","title":{"rendered":"MSG Sphere in Las Vegas opens with bespoke artworks by Es Devlin and John Gerrard"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The MSG Sphere Las Vegas<\/a> opened its doors for the first time this weekend with a concert by U2<\/a> featuring visuals by designer Es Devlin<\/a>, artist John Gerrard<\/a> and more on a 15,000-square-metre wrap-around screen.<\/span><\/p>\n

Designed by architecture studio Populous<\/a> and completed in July<\/a>, the entertainment venue is billed as the world’s largest spherical structure, with its entire exterior and most of its interior covered in giant LED screens.<\/p>\n

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The MSG Sphere Las Vegas opened with a concert by U2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The screen inside the Sphere stands at just over 76 metres tall and wraps more than 180 degrees around the viewer to create an immersive spectacle.<\/p>\n

Rock band U2’s inaugural performance \u2013 the first as part of an ongoing residency at the Sphere \u2013 saw this all-encompassing screen taken over by visual artworks exploring the venue’s unique context in Las Vegas, Nevada, chosen in collaboration with set designer Devlin.<\/p>\n

“The band, their long-standing creative director Willie Williams and I conceived the project as a group art show,” Devlin explained.<\/p>\n

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Videos of a John Gerrard artwork being shown during the set went viral online<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At perhaps the most dramatic point in the set, chronicled in a video that has racked up over 13 million views on video platform TikTok<\/a>, the entire screen was taken over by a computer-simulated image of the sun rising above the Nevada desert.<\/p>\n

A white flag billowed at its centre as part of an artwork by Irish artist Gerrard<\/a>.<\/p>\n