Eurythmics in the news: photographic exhibition

[MikeP]

Received this PR release today, for any Eurythmics fans out there:

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London, England -

On Monday October 31st, 2005, Eurythmics appeared at the Private View for the Eurythmics Ultimate Collection Photographic Exhibition. For the first 30 minutes Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart posed as sculptures with their eyes shut. As people gathered in the gallery to view the photos, when they got to the end of the gallery they could view Annie and Dave as pieces of art in their own right. It was a delightful sight to behold, and many guests took photos of the pair sitting in front of TV monitors that transmitted archive footage of Eurythmics from over the past 30 years.

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<small>Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart photographed at the Private View of the Eurythmics Ultimate Collection Photo Exhibition, The Air Gallery, London, October 31, 2005. Photo (c) 2005 Peter Noble
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The Private View launch party was a brilliant success. We spoke with Laurence Stevens the original graphics designer for all the Eurythmics albums and co-organiser of the photographic exhibition. We also got a chance to see a finished copy of BOXED, the 8-CD box set of all the reissue albums. The box is gorgeous. There's writing on all four sides of the box. It's a work of art, and not just your ordinary box. Laurence has designed a stunning box to house the eight studio albums.

Also spotted at the Private View was Dennis Morris, the famous photographer for the Sex Pistols and Bob Marley, Darren Hayes from Savage Garden, and Eurythmics webmaster, Tony Wong (the latter flew all the way from Australia for the event).

Meanwhile, the groovy new single "I've Got A Life" is released this week in the UK and is flying off the shelves. We paid a brief visit to HMV in Piccadilly Circus just before the Private View last night. Dozens of people were frantically buying copies of the 12" inch version of the single, as well as the CD1 and CD2 singles. Eurythmics fever is escalating. The new single is a welcome return and a shot in the arm to the UK singles chart. A stunning return to form. If you haven't seen the video for the new single, be sure to go to www.eurythmics.com/media.htm.
The eight digitally remastered studio albums will be released separately and also as part of the BOXED box set on Monday November 14th. The Ultimate Collection, featuring the new hit single "I've Got A Life" is released in the UK on Monday November 7th.

HELLO magazine reports on last night's Eurythmics Photographic Exhibition bash in London:

http://www.hellomagazine.com/music/2005 ... urythmics/

About the Ultimate Collection Photographic Exhibition:

For the first time, Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart are to exhibit some of their most significant and celebrated images alongside rare unpublished material in an Art & Design Exhibition to take place in London Tuesday 1st November 2005 to Saturday November 5th 2005. The exhibition will be held at the Air Gallery 32 Dover Street, London, W1S 4NE, and was put together with the help of graphic designer Laurence Stevens of LSD Studio who has worked with the duo throughout their career.

The exhibition celebrates the images and personae created for each of their 8 album projects and coincide with the release of their forthcoming greatest hits 'Ultimate Collection' on 7th November 2005. The album features the groups' era defining hits plus their first new material for 5 years.

The exhibition will showcase images taken by some of the world's leading photographers including Richard Avedon, Jean Baptiste-Mondino, Peter Ashworth, Alistair Thaine, Lewis Ziolek and Anoushka Fisz, amongst others.

Eurythmics BOXED and Digitally Remastered
http://www.noblepr.co.uk/Press_Releases ... hmics.htm#

[My Aural Stimulator]

Thanks, Mike. That exhibit sounded really cool.