I have been fairly focused on acoustic music in my artistic/performance practice as of late, but I wanted to share something that I had a lot of fun working on recently. I made this animation last semester using the 3D modeling software Rhinoceros (I created all of the 3D shapes except for the little pinwheel one) and Adobe After Effects. I also composed the music in Ableton Live with a Moog synthesizer and Teenage Engineering's OP-1. All of the audio clips were triggered in a single live take in Ableton. The reason the background is yellow and all of the shapes are outlined in red and blue is because it is meant to be viewed with 3D glasses! I wanted to share this video because I had so much fun working on it and it is something I created while attempting to focus on separating myself from any personal inhibitions and self-consciousness about my work.




This summer OK Go performed at Interlochen Center for the Arts where I was working at the time. While I am not the biggest fan of their music, their live show was really visually stunning in a way that complimented their music. They described how they creatively approach their group in a more artistically holistic way that is not solely focused on music with a focus on pop art. It was probably the most sensory overload I had experienced in some time! Their live show was accompanied by pre-made and live processed visuals created by a number of different animators (Reza Ali, Karan Singh, and Veda) through cameras that were mounted on microphone stands. I had actually been experimenting with Max/MSP Jitter at the time, but seeing this show and how they used visuals in tandem with music solidified my interest in incorporating creative lighting and visual designs in a show. I would love to explore Jitter more thoroughly as well as the interactivity and improvisational aspects that something like this could offer to a musical collaboration.