Sound and Vision

Out of the several project briefs the one which instantly stood out to me was definitely Sound and Vision. Over the summer most of my work and photographs were related to sound and vision so thought this would give me the chance to finally explore something i really enjoyed in much more detail. The project brief suggests that we will investigate how musical reference points can be used as part of the visual creative process. It aims to develop your ability take a questioning, experimental approach to visual research.

Ryoji Ikeda

Inspiration:

Japan’s leading electronic composer and visual artist Ryoji Ikeda focuses on the essential characteristics of sound itself and that of visuals as light by means of both mathematical precision and mathematical aesthetics. Ikeda has gained a reputation as one of the few international artists working convincingly across both visual and sonic media. He elaborately orchestrates sound, visuals, materials, physical phenomena and mathematical notions into immersive live performances and installations.

Alongside of pure musical activity, Ikeda has been working on long-term projects: 'datamatics' (2006-) consists of various forms such as moving image, sculptural, sound and new media works that explore one's potentials to perceive the invisible multi-substance of data that permeates our world. The project 'test pattern' (2008-) has developed a system that converts any type of data - text, sounds, photos and movies into barcode patterns and binary patterns of 0s and 1s, which examines the relationship between critical points of device performance and the threshold of human perception. The series 'spectra' (2001-) is large-scale installations employing intense white light as a sculptural material and so transforming public locations in Amsterdam, Paris, Barcelona and Nagoya where versions have been installed. With Carsten Nicolai, Ikeda works a collaborative project 'cyclo.' (2000- ), which examines error structures and repetitive loops in software and computer programmed music, with audiovisual modules for real-time sound visualization, through live performance, CDs and books (Raster-noton, 2001, 2011).

   

  Footage from Ryoji Ikeda's mind-blowing video installation at the Park Avenue 
Armory. New York, NY.

Photoshop Manipulation

  

  Manipulated Photographs from Summer Project:

Rotterdam

Over the summer I stayed in Holland for several weeks. After recently been interested in Architecture, I decided to take a trip through to Rotterdam as I knew that there were a lot of great modern buildings there which I would like to see. Rem Koolhaas had created several buildings in Rotterdam such as the towers on the city skyline. Everything was so modern here and I had never seen anything quite like it. Felt like I was almost In new york. I also visited several art galleries and museums whilst in Rotterdam such as Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Netherlands Photo Museum and Kunsthal, another great building which had been designed by Rem Koolhaas. My trip to Rotterdam was definitely inspiring and has definitely helped to give me ideas towards future projects, and would quite like to bring the structures into my work somehow.