Reverence is an installation by artists Anna Blom and Alex Mills, bringing together generative sound, paintings, found element and live performances within the iconic Chapel at Brompton Cemetery, London. At its heart is a reminder of our connection to the natural world — something we completely depend upon, yet so easily overlook. In a world of increasing speed, noise and distraction, REVERENCE asks what happens when we stop and reconnect with what sustains us.

Blom’s monumental paintings put us in direct contact with the land. Created outdoors on the Swedish forest floor using raw pigments, they allow traces of the forest itself to become part of the work — carrying its colours, rhythms and atmosphere into the chapel.

Mills has devised a generative sound installation that begins with breath — our constant exchange with nature. Delicate layers of strings and percussion breathe in and out, gathering into rich waves of sound before dissolving into silence. Using coding and visual programming, Mills continually reshapes the material in real time, so the work evolves indefinitely, never taking quite the same form twice. 

Together, the works transform the chapel into a space to ground. To slow down, breathe and return to what sustains us.

Included a live performance by Clare O’Connell, improvising alongside the generative composition, and a breath workshop led by Jamie Clements.