(more…)The finest emotion of which we are capable is the mystic emotion. Herein lies the germ of all art and all true science. Anyone to whom this feeling is alien, who is no longer capable of wonderment and who lives in a state of fear is a dead man.
Albert Einstein (a reminder from The Museum of Lost Wonder)
Giedion/Kircher is my vehicle for applying art, music and technology — along with concept and narrative development, information architecture, UX design, etc. — to create brand experiences, immersive environments and various other interactive media solutions for corporate clients, educational institutions and production companies.
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(more…)The Brewery Artwalk is a twice annual open studio weekend at the worlds largest art complex ….
The creation of the Brewery Arts Complex began in 1982 at the site of the Pabst Blue Ribbon Brewery. With the passing of the Artist-In-Residence code, artists could rent live/work space in industrially zoned buildings. We rented only to artists and that is our policy to this day.
In July 1997, the LA Weekly called us “the world’s largest artist-in-residence community” and in a March 1999 Los Angeles Times article The Brewery was quoted as the “world’s largest art complex.” These are true lofts, not apartments, in industrial buildings that are a part of what has become a uniquely vibrant and creative community.
While moving forward on a new body of work in 2023 for Lightspace Modulator — my continuing intermedia art endeavor — I’ve also been taking some time for a look back at the history of the project and a review of some of the conceptual underpinnings of the process.
Music and sound design, words and narrative, a growing set of visual assets, and ultimately a live performance: these are the components of the “postmodern rock opera” The Continual Return of Dr. Ordinaire.
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PRESS RELEASE
With the release of the new album by the legendary German rhythmic noise act Synapscape (Ant-Zen) comes the official video for “Dirty Deal”:
This piece — built around aggressive, dynamic 3D typography — was composed of footage generated entirely (and live, in real time) by the VSx visual synthesizer, making use of the UDP connection to Ableton Live — with some simple compositing and editing after the fact.
If you’re curious, some “making of” notes can be found at the Coredark Laboratories blog:
See more at lightspacemodulator.com.
Recently it was time for something of an overhaul on the motorcycle. This time, I thought that it might also be a good time to revisit Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (it’s been — well, decades since I last picked it up) … while doing some wrenching!
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“Way back in 2014 Los Angeles’ LabXIV released a really pleasant 12″ of lush but minimal and understated electronics. The strength of the material was in the melancholy melodies and the way each song made the most of the small handful of synth and drum parts, splitting the difference deftly between synthpop, minimal and some post-industrial sounds. New EP The Betrayal continues from that template, although some of the sparseness of LabXIV’s previous material has been replaced by a more full-bodied set of synths and drum sounds …”
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