BRIAN JAMES ZHAO GRIFFITH
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MUSIC
Compositions & Recordings
Electric Sound Bath︎
Squash & Biscuit
l'éternèbre
Screaming Claws
Theme Songs
Bass Sessions
SOUND DESIGN
Hearing Color, Seeing Sound
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You Are the Chime
You Are the Crystal
You Are the Prism
Walking Through a Forest
Love Letters To BP
Paint Wars
Balancing Act
GIF ART
Willy Wonka
SweeTarts
Toyota
Tumblr
Video Synth
3D Gifs
VIDEO ART
Networked Daydream
USMO 1000%
Reach
On The Islands
Opening Prayer
Guided Heart Meditation
Clear Out The Wound
Scattered Clouds
Halcyonic Hallucinations
Season of Maintenance
High & Lonely
Prism Visions: Channelers
Dandelion Souls
The Spirit Bridge
NETART
Moments
Ego and Is
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You Are the Chime
You Are the Crystal
You Are the Prism
Singing Cyberscape
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Brian James Griffith
A musician and visual artist living in Los Angeles. His work blends analog with digital; subtle movements with bold features; and virtual with physical reality.
Musically, Brian creates evolving atmospheres that often explore the sonic capabilities of the bass guitar extending it well beyond the lower register, as an effort towards singularity between the mind and instrument.
His visual art compliments the meditative qualities of his music by creating synthesized video environments and hypnotic animations that encourage mindful investigation.
The spontaneous nature of his process attempts to connect fully to the invisible fabric of reality.
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Fall 2020
Starting Fall of 2019 I started a graduate program at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in the Herb Alpert School of Music. The specialization is Experimental Sound Practices with an added focus on Integrated Media. At the end of each semester I will post a brief summery of the work that I focused on.
The beginning of the second year – and its entirety – was online thanks to the pandemic. For myself and other students, we took this challenge in stride and managed to create interesting pieces that often were a distillation of our own microcosms.
Video Work
3 Sounds, Static Image
Aethetics of Image & Sound
Worldbuilding, A Hillside Portal
Aethetics of Image & Sound
A Meditation on Orange
Aethetics of Image & Sound
空虚的心情【Empty Mood】
Aethetics of Image & Sound
Live Performances
Throughout the semester, opportunities are given to perform. I was able to play twice, once for the program’s ESP Night series and again for a memorial show.
ESP Fall 2020 Showcase - Collaboration with Shuwen Zhao