The brightness of it all, they hoped, would translate well to a Hamish Hamilton-directed Super Bowl spectacle inside SoFi Stadium while the sun was still shining on headliners Dre, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar and Mary J. Devlin collaborated with production designer Bruce Rodgers to re-create buildings, businesses and vibes unique to Compton. “He sensed that Compton would be another protagonist in the work and that we could etch a map of Compton on the global Super Bowl stage.”Ĭhanel Takes Over Paramount Studios for Star-Studded Cruise Runway Show “Dre was immediately interested in the idea of ‘placeness,'” Devlin shares with The Hollywood Reporter. The piece, a reimagined model city map of the world that was on view at Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery in London’s Ealing neighborhood, plots the location of 73 millennia in significant shifts in human perspective. Dre during their first meeting to discuss this year’s Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show.

Known for large-scale performative sculptures and set pieces, Devlin has worked with superstars like Beyoncé, Adele, Kanye West and The Weeknd on arena tours, collaborated with luxury houses Chanel and Louis Vuitton on installations and fashion shows, respectively, and has designed both the opening (Rio) and closing (London) ceremonies of the Olympics.īut it was a large-scale work titled Memory Palace that caught the eye of Dr. Es Devlin is an artist and designer, talents that can be distributed across many disciplines, and her website lists dozens of credits that show how far she has stretched.

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