Synthpop artist and composer Anna Meredith surprise-released new album Bumps Per Minute: 18 Studies for Dodgems last week, which features works commissioned for the DODGE installation at Somerset House, London. The installation is a high-concept piece centered around bumper cars, or as they're known in England, dodgems:
For Bumps Per Minute, Meredith has collaborated with BAFTA-winning sound artist Nick Ryan to design a bespoke tracking technology so that every thump, bump and swerve of the 18 dodgems around the track can trigger a separate composition. This results in a kind of ultimate shuffle where high octane music and ideas compete for airtime and each performance is unique. The installation will occur approximately every hour at DODGE through the day/evening.