Heavy metal has evolved visually as well. Gone are the fantasy illustrations of radioactive zombies and band logos composed of overlapping swords. After a generation of sprouting subgenres, the heavy metal field is littered with a diversity of styles that even the most hardy metalhead will have trouble encompassing.”
Read the full article on printmag.com.
via [swens weblog]
Acoustic Botany, by David Benqué, extracts Synthetic Biology and Genetic Engineering from the usual context of health care, food and environment and examines instead the role they could play in the sphere of culture and entertainment.
via [we make money not art]
Wired has some nice videos about the making of avatar: Sound Design, Score, Pre-Production, Post-Production, Motion Capture and so on…
check out the videos here: Wired
via [gizmodo]
The Copyright for Ernst Häckels illustrated book Kunstformen der Natur (Artforms of Nature) from 1904 has expired and is now available for everyone. Check out his fascinating work here.
Wikipedia:
Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (February 16, 1834 – August 9, 1919), also written von Haeckel, was an eminent German biologist, naturalist, philosopher, physician, professor and artist who discovered, described and named thousands of new species, mapped a genealogical tree relating all life forms, and coined many terms in biology, including phylum, phylogeny, ecology and the kingdom Protista.
via [Swen's Weblog]
Christian Bannister, working as subcycle labs, started a really outstanding project: He created 3d visuals with Processing, that provides him a interface to manipulate sounds. Check out his website for more information and videos.
via [CDM]
Ludwig van Beethovens 5th Symphony (First Movement) in the Music Animation Machine – a software written by Stephen Malinowski and Lisa Turetsky from Berkeley, California that shows music in colored measures. This software establish the structure of complex music in a visual way to the audience. For more info on the MAM, visit their website.
This amazing unofficial clip was done by the very talented Stefan Ringelschwandtner. Fits perfect to the abstract sounds by Autechre. Check out his other stuff…
I recently came across Tina Frank’s Homepage – she’s familiar to me for her great works she did for Mego. Since 2008 she is teaching at the art university of Linz. Check out her outstanding works.
http://www.vimeo.com/770640
