Looking Outwards 09

Vera-Maria Glahn

Vera-Maria Glahn, manager of FIELD, a studio focused on the development of art and technology represented in innovative formats. The project IBM is especially interesting to me because it is a graphical system that helps one visualize music with dynamic and expressive shapes. Different graphical elements represent different instruments, some including melody, drums, bass, etc. 

These shapes are both shaped and behave in a way that is representative of the music and how the instruments interact. This project is almost like a visual music piece or a personification of the instruments. The forms of these instruments were derived through many iterations, including technical mappings to free and organic forms. I think this type of project is extremely captivating because of this process. Through the creative process, the team learned not only how to create expressive art, but also engineered their own unique set of tools and a whole new set of opportunities for creativity. 

https://field.io/work/ibm-think-2020