A Bunch of Stuff
Johnny Depp's debut immersive art exhibition at the Starrett-Lehigh Building in Chelsea, NYC — featuring a 360-degree visual experience transforming artwork into dynamic animated films with cinematic score and immersive soundscaping.
Role
Mixing/Integration
Partner
TAIT
Location
New York, NY
Year
2024
The Story
"A Bunch of Stuff" was Johnny Depp's debut art exhibition, an immersive walkthrough of three decades of his paintings, collages, and personal artifacts, held at the Starrett-Lehigh Building in Chelsea in the fall of 2024. At its centre was The Black Box, a purpose-built 360-degree room where Depp's paintings were transformed into dynamic animated films by longtime collaborators E.D. Films.
TAIT brought us in to handle sound integration of a 32-channel Dante system. Working closely with Montreal composer David Drury and TAIT director Thomas Jakobsen, we integrated the multi-channel speaker array across the entire exhibition.
Drury's score radiates outward from the centre of the room, each zone carrying its own feeling while sharing sympathetic harmonic content with the spaces around it. The blending of zones and aesthetics was designed to take visitors on a journey through Depp's inner world, building anticipation through five distinct emotional registers until the space itself becomes an invitation to step inside The Black Box.