PanOrama is an audio visual work created by Dali de Saint Paul, Lia Mazzari and Kathy Hinde to celebrate Daphne Oram’s 100th year. Blending improvisation, synthesis, cello, electronics and film, they aim to bridge past and present, guided by experimental techniques. PanOrama follows Daphne’s own words on compositional process, combining archival materials, both samples and test scores, with the artists’ contemporary sound practices. The performance includes visuals created on 16mm film at Tower Folly where Daphne had her studio, and combines close-up footage shot on Bolex with ‘direct on film’ techniques such as frottage and photogram that activate the optical soundtrack of the film, as a nod towards Daphne’s light-to-sound ORAMICS invention.

Dali de Saint Paul, Lia Mazzari and Kathy Hinde each received an ORAM award for innovation in sound and music. Extracts below from premiere of PanOrama at Arnolfini Bristol in October 2025 as part of the ORAM/100 UK tour, commissioned by the ORAM Awards.