BEYOND THE DEEPENING SHADOW: THE TOWER REMEMBERS; an epic light and sound display held at the Tower of London to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War.
The event filled the moat with thousands of individual flames: a public act of remembrance for the lives of the fallen, honouring their sacrifice.
This new artistic tribute by Designer Tom Piper and Sound Artist Mira Calix ran for eight nights, leading up to and including Armistice Day 11th November 2018.
Beyond the Deepening Shadow was an evolving installation, enacted between 17:00 and 21:00 each evening, with the Tower moat gradually illuminated by individual flames.
The unfolding visual spectacle was accompanied by a specially-commissioned sound installation; a sonic exploration of the shifting tide of political alliances, friendship, love and loss in war.
At the centre of the sound installation was a new choral work, “One lighted look for me” by Sound Artist Mira Calix with words from War Poet Mary Borden’s Sonnets to a Soldier.
Beyond the Deepening Shadow began with a procession led by the Yeoman Warders of the Tower of London. Emerging from the fortress, the Yeoman Warders – themselves all distinguished former servicemen and women – ceremonially light the first flame.
In a moving ritual, a select team of volunteers then proceed to light the rest of the installation, gradually creating a circle of light, radiating from the Tower as a powerful symbol of remembrance.
Members of the public were invited to return to the Tower of London to see the installation evolve each night, and to join in this public act of commemoration.
The display concluded at 21:00 every evening.
“They do not know that in this shadowed place, it is your light they see upon my face.”
Mary Borden