The electronic musician Clark, formerly known as Chris Clark is one of my all-time favorite artists that I have followed closely on Warp records. He is sort of technological pioneer, constantly pushing the limits and redefining what you can, and cannot do.
A MUTEK favorite (yearly music and technology festival in Montreal), he has performed with experimental sound systems consisting of hundreds of speakers surrounding his audience in a circle to create other-worldy soundscapes and 3D panning. Naturally, I was following his music releases online and was blown away by his single “Ted” when it came out.
Not only does he record at sound quality resolutions that are unusually high, but this time he has pushed the envelope further with a cutting-edge CGI video. The video depicts hyper-realistic computer animations of insects that do not actually exist. They are modeled after familiar ones like the praying mantis, but have unique and unseen appendages.
To bridge the gap between real and imaginary is a difficult task to achieve, but to fully trick your visual senses into thinking its real is pure magic. If that’s not enough, combining the video to his original-sounding composition puts the cherry on top of digital experimental art. In class we learned about the concept of space in artwork. After looking at the artwork, step away from it. The experience of seeing/hearing the artwork stays with you after you leave. The piece “Ted” by Clark, leaves me with an alien landscape in a faraway mental plane. A reminder, in a sense, that creativity is a limitless universe and may harness intelligent alien life.
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