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The National Gallery is collaborating with Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication on 'Transcriptions: Sound’, an innovative new project which involves sound design students producing a three-minute response to a painting of their choice in the Gallery's collection.

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From the sound artist:

My audio piece is a stark interpretation of the story of Lazarus. It begins deep in the bowels of the Underworld where trumpets sound frantically in the struggle to release Lazarus from death. I have attempted to capture the intensity of being forced back to life after leaving this world. Bells triumphantly signal heaven's victory. The artist has painted the reaction of the crowd - not a single person is looking at Lazarus. Perhaps they are repelled by this abomination brought back from death? My work communicates Lazarus' isolation, shock and suffering.

Emmet O'Donnell