The Resonant Shell
24 Nov – 19 Mar
Overview
The Resonant Shell (الصَدفة) is a new immersive art experience commissioned especially for the AlUla Wellness Festival. Part sculpture and architecture, part soundscape and meditative space, this work offers a transformative experience – bringing the visitor’s awareness into a holistic awareness of the moment.
Explore The Resonant Shell with friends and family, free and open to all from 6:00 – 11:00 pm. This must-visit experience is located within the AlUla Oasis, near to Oasis Square in AlJadidah. We suggest parking in the North Parking area and grabbing a bite to eat at Circolo beforehand.
Explore The Resonant Shell with friends and family, free and open to all from 6:00 – 11:00 pm. This must-visit experience is located within the AlUla Oasis, near to Oasis Square in AlJadidah. We suggest parking in the North Parking area and grabbing a bite to eat at Circolo beforehand.
The Concept
This site-specific installation offers visitors a mini-retreat, a connected physical and spiritual experience, and a moment of deep resonance with AlUla’s extraordinary landscapes. Nestled within the AlUla Oasis, guests will find a tower of mudbrick and fabric connecting the ground and sky.
From a spiralling staircase entering a space of acoustic isolation, visitors can find meditative silence with artistic sound works inspired by AlUla - activated by a human's presence at its core.
Open daily, The Resonant Shell may be visited as a singular experience or combined with new learnings from the classes and talks at the nearby Five Senses Sanctuary.
From a spiralling staircase entering a space of acoustic isolation, visitors can find meditative silence with artistic sound works inspired by AlUla - activated by a human's presence at its core.
Open daily, The Resonant Shell may be visited as a singular experience or combined with new learnings from the classes and talks at the nearby Five Senses Sanctuary.
Design by Nathalie Harb, Gabriele Pascolini and Alex Tzortzis de Paz
Sound Conception and Composition by Youmna Saba
Acoustic Consultancy by Fouad Bechwati
Sound Recordings by Anthony Sahyoun
Project management by Gabriele Pascolini
Visual identity by Lama Zouein
