BJZG
BRIAN JZ GRIFFITHLOS ANGELES
Music
Video Art
Sound Art
Graphic Design Squash & Biscuit Electric Sound Bath
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CMD+ALTar
CMD+ALTar is a series of interactive netart pieces that consists of You Are the Prism, You Are the Crystal, and You Are the Chime
For You Are the Prism we wanted a spacey, futuristic feeling that still felt organic. The idea that we're celebrating ourselves in a (virtual) universe that we created and curated is a running theme in this peice.
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.
For You Are the Chime, I collaborated with Ang Wilson on creating sounds that were rhythmic, ethereal and acoustic. We wanted to keep the sounds as organic as possible so that use of percussion, ukulele, flute, singing bowls, bass and voice gave us the sounds we were looking for. Light synth was used sparingly, which tied back into the Net Art imagery.
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. The still images funtion as Play Buttons which trigger the loops, while simultaniously animating the previously-static picture.