You Are The Crystal
![You Are The Crystal, Aperture Of Time](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e349ef4f849956dcea2a672882edf0a2b236f57e5cdf5a1dee7fc2bed1ec03ee/pixel-sorted-goddess-1.png)
You Are The Crystal, Aperture Of Time
⌘ALTAR is a Net Art series that I worked on as part of The Current Sea, the creative studio that Sarah Zucker and I founded. The series combines animated GIF, photography, sound and net art to produce a truely unique experience.
Title: You Are The Crystal
Media: Internet, Animated GIF, 2-Channel Audio
Website: www.youarethecrystal.com
Artists: Brian Griffith, Sarah Zucker; The Current Sea
Media: Internet, Animated GIF, 2-Channel Audio
Website: www.youarethecrystal.com
Artists: Brian Griffith, Sarah Zucker; The Current Sea
For You Are the Crystal, we wanted a mystical sense of wonder to permeate throughout the piece. I used understated piano and collaged found-sounds to create an open space for the mind to echo in. Gentle textures and organic sounds are combined with software sampling to give the compositions a contemporary feel with a warm tone.
The musical compositions are designed for and inspired by Internet. Each track is short and inteded to loop continuiously in conjuntion with a particular image. In the case of You Are the Crystal, the still images funtion as Play Buttons which trigger the loops, while simultaniously animating the previously-static picture.
View the website at www.youarethecrystal.com
Best viewed on desk/laptop. Mobile view offers a tailored and unique experience.
The musical compositions are designed for and inspired by Internet. Each track is short and inteded to loop continuiously in conjuntion with a particular image. In the case of You Are the Crystal, the still images funtion as Play Buttons which trigger the loops, while simultaniously animating the previously-static picture.
View the website at www.youarethecrystal.com
Best viewed on desk/laptop. Mobile view offers a tailored and unique experience.
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0113d072d480a1e751b8b01db91ef0515793ffb46e2acae4e698bad7889812bd/chair-orb.gif)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3aa39b18592d0f56265f9e73987bd13c9dae4dc36efe0e3b27aa3add5b3ff499/diving-britt.gif)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/76b8068d86097630784c109853ef6862fb4ecd15b9d6db26e69c0568e578d746/orbrollincolorpulse.gif)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d0108b233b03fbf296884e318347f48d836518013fa2dd2eb4ae8e17231bb994/pose.gif)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ac6ab8f0ed48cf022400cb1d7fd7af59b20bcebe375cf4501aea743a7b65aa37/stretch.gif)
A few images from the website
These are the audio loops from the website; they were composed as a reaction to the animated GIFs.