"Four Seasons"

"Four Seasons" 01.01.2023 - 27.03.2024

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The conclusion of the series.

"Four Seasons" exists as a 16 month retrospective diary entry that maps the entire project, shifting and changing tonally throughout the seasons as a visual sound score and data painting.

Utilising a drone-esque soundscore coupled with piano movements I’ve written, contrasting frequencies interlace to highlight the dance between darkness and light throughout the year.

Created by layering together and manually manipulating tones and gestures, the final sequence is guided by a manual displacement map of the paintings in the series forming a visual narrative that embodies the year, but existing as the ghost in the machine, a data painting.

The sound score I’ve composed consists of a melancholic piano piece, juxtaposed with the hyper-manipulated synthesiser tones and drone metal guitar, all inspired by the music I’ve grown up with.

"Four Seasons" is intentionally more staccato than my previous installation work. This piece investigates how more data driven movements and frequencies interact with our psyche.

As with Rothko’s Seagram Murals, intended scale is an important concept to consider when experiencing my moving image work. The piece is designed to exist on a screen as an intimate viewing experience, but also to be exploded out into large-scale environments such as museums and warehouses, where the audience can experience the work as if they’re stepping foot inside the ghost of a painting.

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