panOrama is an audiovisual performance created by Dali de Saint Paul, Lia Mazzari and Kathy Hinde to celebrate Daphne Oram’s 100th year. Blending improvisation, voice, synthesis, cello, electronics and film, guided by experimental techniques, they aim to bridge past and present. panOrama follows Daphne’s own words on compositional process, combining archival materials, both samples and test scores, with the artists’ contemporary sound practices. The visuals were created on 16mm film at Tower Folly where Daphne had her studio, and combines close-up footage with ‘direct on film’ techniques such as frottage and photogram that also 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. Video below shows extracts from a performance at Iklectik, London in March 2026 (filmed by Anna Lugmeier) and the second video shows extracts from the premiere at Arnolfini, Bristol in October 2025 as part of the ORAM/100 UK tour (filmed by David Hopkinson).

panOrama was commissioned by the ORAM Awards in 2025.