Lauren Park – Looking Outwards – 10

Artist Cyrill Studer created a music video of “Baby Behold” for a band called Carvel’ on May 5, 2017. Because this song contained electronically and upbeat tunes, the artist decided to use different forms of an ellipse that match the rhythm of the song. I really admire how video making interacts with algorithm in this piece, where color, shifting and moving shapes can represent the overall vibe of the song and make it easy for listeners to be hooked by the beat of the music. I personally enjoyed this very simplistic visual concept of one ellipse going through different changes as the song progresses.  These visuals were created by translating code in the program called Processing. And then After Effects was used for video editing.

The artist  was aiming to create computer graphics that take on an older, vintage look. And the simple pattern of how the ellipse moves as well as the dark teal color does seem to remind us of an old-fashioned  reference to how older computers looked when it ran. This seems to be successful especially when the music has electronic elements that combines harmoniously with this visual theme. 

https://cyrillstuder.ch/carvel-baby-behold