In 2005 OCM collaborated with the University of Oxford Botanic Garden to create Power Plant, a three night sound and light event involving seven artists led by Blissbody’s Mark Anderson. The project was remounted as part of Liverpool’s European Capital of Culture programme in Calderstones Park in 2008. In August this year OCM co-produced Power Plant in Edinburgh as part of the British Council International Showcase. It was also part of the Festival Fringe and the Assembly programme.  It received outstanding reviews...here are some of our favourites:

'A huge success…Power Plant’s ingeniously playful array of electronic stunts, kinetic sculptures and sound effects and musical sound effects sprang a series of delightful surprises' The Sunday Times, September 2008

'Power Plant makes you look more closely. Its flashes of neon, shadowy projections and sudden bursts of firefly radiance make you peer all the more intently at what is already there. Wandering around, you see where man has made his mark. But you are also aware of the majestic triumph of nature over us. It is as if the plants are simply holding their breath and waiting for us to leave' **** The Guardian, August 2009

'Hijacking your intellect as well as your senses Power Plant is the stuff of your most bizarre, dreamy dreams…' **** The Metro, August 2009

'…along the galleries, on benches under old-fashioned lamps, people sit and reflect on our strange and tortured relationship with the astounding natural world around us; as this clever, beautiful and unexpected show surely intends them to do' **** The Scotsman, August 2009

Power Plant has since been snapped up by Artichoke to be part of the huge sound and light show, Lumiere.   Artichoke are world renowned for producing extraordinary events such as Royal De Luxe's The Sultan's Elephant, which sent a 42 tonnes mechanical elephant and twenty feet tall girl parading through central London.  The Guardian described Lumiere as 'simply dazzling...four very special nights which no visitor will forget'.

We look forward to hearing where Power Plant will be heading to next!