Wednesday 10 June
Featuring videos by: Bella Barton, Betty Accorsi Quartet, Brand New Moon, Jamie Wignall, Khabat Abas, Louis Dutton, Samuel D. Loveless and Skwodam.
Bella Barton
Three songs by Bella Barton:
Get Back
Don’t Tread There
Come Quarantine
A note from Bella Barton:
All black lives matter, now and forever. The queer community owes so much to black trans activists such as Marsha P. Johnson who fought for our rights. Below are some black-led LGBTQ+ organisations to donate to:
The Marsha P. Johnson Institute - https://marshap.org
Trans Justice Funding Project - https://www.transjusticefundingproject.org
Black visions collective - https://www.blackvisionsmn.org
LGBTQ+ Freedom Fund - https://www.lgbtqfund.org
The Okra Project - https://www.theokraproject.com
Center For Black Equity - https://centerforblackequity.org
There are also further links in my Instagram bio. Lets stand in solidarity!
Brand New Moon
Far-Fetched by Brand New Moon.
Directed & Edited by Mike Barrett
Camera by James Brown
The song features fellow Goldsmiths student Live Sollid Schulerud on vocals and the video was shot during the first days of lockdown in the suddenly deserted office building where I live.
Jamie Wignall
Langham Research Centre: a film by Jamie Wignall.
Khabat Abas
The Bombshell Cello by Khabat Abas.
Louis Dutton
One Million by Louis Dutton.
Disclaimer: The shown figures are based on, but do NOT accurately represent the Covid-19 epidemic.
Summary: A computational approach to audio-visual artwork.
Core Features:
- Chronologically maps Covid-19 data to respective areas around the globe.
- Uses a unique tonal system “Geotonality”: generates pitch relationships from the spherical distance between a given country and the outbreak’s epicentre.
Tools:
- Coding & Implementation: Unity
- Sound Design: Logic Pro X
- Video Editing: Final Cut Pro X
Sources:
Covid-19 dataset - www.kaggle.com
Earth & Star textures - www.solarsystemscope.com
Samuel D. Loveless
Lamentations of Innocence by Samuel D. Loveless.
Skwodam
Little Boxes by Skwodam.
Tracks:
1) Local
2) The Green One
3) Equus
4) The Blue One
5) The Yellow One
Little Boxes EP, borrowing its title from Malvina Reynold’s famous song, discovers music written between my early teenage years and now. Creating art is a way to get rid of the boxes Reynolds sings about. These tracks draw inspiration from diverse sources: from
classical to jazz, from electronic to film and heavy music, and feature great collaborators with different musical backgrounds. Little Boxes will be released on digital platforms during the summer.