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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You Are The Crystal
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.
A few images from the website
These are the audio loops from the website; they were composed as a reaction to the animated GIFs.