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Acoustiguide launches
David Hockney Audio Tour at the National Portrait Gallery (London)
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Acoustiguide is delighted to have worked alongside The National
Portrait Gallery to supply a sixty minute audio guide for the sensational
exhibition David Hockney: Portraits. The exhibition, which runs from 12
October 2006 to 21 January 2007, is a rare opportunity to examine a lifetime of
works by Hockney. The audio guide highlights a wonderful selection of Hockney’s
unique artworks including the renowned Peter Getting Out of Nick’s Pool
and Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy.
This
exhibition of self-portraits and portraits of his parents, friends and cultural
figures, transports visitors through the life and loves of Hockney. The audio
guide includes interview contributions from curator, Sarah Howgate, and a
selection of Hockney’s sitters, including John Kasmin, Mark Glazebrook and
Margaret Hockney, which provide the visitor with a unique opportunity to
discover Hockney from the other side of the easel. Archive recordings of Hockney
also serve to entertain the visitor with his, at times, humorous recollections
of his parents, sitters and life experiences.
The audio
guide is delivered on Acoustiguide’s Denon system, which is comfortably worn
around the neck, utilising either an earpiece or headphones. The unit is easy to
use, lightweight and fully accessible with features for both visually and
hearing impaired visitors.
About
Acoustiguide Limited
Acoustiguide Limited is
the UK subsidiary of Espro Acoustiguide Group, a global developer, manufacturer
and marketer of audio and multimedia hand held interpretive systems and
multi-lingual content. The Group's products and services are used in museums,
cultural and visitor centres, walking tours and trade shows worldwide. With 8
subsidiaries worldwide the Group has a client base of over 400 active sites, and
comprises some of the world's best known museums and heritage sites, including
the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Musee d’Orsay and the Rodin Museum in
Paris, the Imperial War Museum in London, Guggenheim Bilbao in Spain, the State
Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, the Museum of Fine Arts in Vienna, the
Israel Museum in Jerusalem, the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium in
Brussels, the Forbidden City in Beijing and the National Palace Museum of Taiwan
in Taipei. For further information, please visit the Group websites
www.espro.com or
www.acoustiguide.com.
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