Elemental Forces
This series of digital art and oil paintings represents is a meditation on air, light, surfaces, sound and color. By limiting my subject to mundane materials, I am trying to create what Kant referred to as a ‘disinterested’ state, so that the viewer focuses on these qualities, without the distraction of 'interesting' subject matter.
For the digital augmented reality experience, point your device at the paintings or a surface, to experience mathematically derived shapes and synthesized sound. Changing the path the shapes travel, changes how the sequence is played and alters the sound. The program is structured around simple geometric shapes, with sounds placed at various intervals along the shape. When struck, the shape emits a tone based on a variety of pentatonic scales. Similar to the painting, I have tried to focus on the fundamentals of rhythm and tone, to keep the experience a calm and meditative one.
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