Sound and Vision #3
Welcome to Sound and Vision, a newsletter devoted to Audiovisual Art in Web3. Issue #3, featuring Joëlle Snaith.
As my previous article was starting to run a bit long, I decided to focus this one on just one artist: Joëlle Snaith.
She has several bodies of work, so first I’d like to focus on series of abstract works called Limbo. I was introduced to her work by Ana Maria Caballero, who included a piece on theVERSEverse Space on SuperRare, and I was intrigued by the visual style immediately. Then I turned on the sound, and HOLY. SH$!%. An hour later I emerged from the rabbit hole of Joëlle’s artwork a new superfan.
Joëlle describes herself as “an artist & designer exploring the relationship between sound and form.” And, as a Canadian coming of age during the Toronto 90s rave scene (dating myself here), this one gives her additional points: “Visual artist for Richie Hawtin” !!!
Ok so I’m focusing on her Limbo series here, but seriously you all need to check out all of her work. I could devote an entire article to each series. Maybe I will at some point, come to think of it.
Artwork description:
Limbo is a collection of four audiovisual works “exploring the monotony of the lockdown loop.” The description continues: “Made using Vuo, a node based visual programming environment and captured in real-time using VDMX. Sound design by Eaton Crous (www.500mills.com).”
Since this was captured in real-time, the visuals must be reacting to the audio, meaning Eaton Crous’s dubby, glitched out track was fed into her visual program. Essentially built around a rotating, glowing cube outlined against a black background, the audio causes the shape to distort, fold in itself, expand, and ‘explode’, with no two instances repeating. Ambient sounds in the track are more diffused, and louder bass hits seem to wreak havoc on the cube. It’s remarkable.
Here’s another one: Sound Painting #08
Artwork description:
Sound Paintings is a series of audiovisual compositions exploring frequency driven paintings designed to amplify the sonic details of the audio within a set of constraints. The works are created in Vuo using a live audio input and captured in real time. Audio: Variants 2 by Jorge Ciccioli & Max Donato, released on Voices Records.
It’s almost like I can feel the little drips of dopamine hitting the back of my brain as I take this in. Not much else to say, except - stay tuned for the next edition of Sound and Vision :)
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