Visualising music is really something new to me, I have never thought of seeing sound, not to mention imagining what sound looks like. It surprises me when I know it started in early 1920s!
I like the “Rhythm in Light” a lot because the visual materials flow with the sound effect, which brings a strong impression to me. Also, I enjoyed the artwork a lot because it comforts me with the structures in the visual material and the music. The visual materials in “Rhythm in Light” are made of many shapes with straight lines, such as rectangles, triangles. They moved like they are in shadow, by moving the light, the shapes enlarged and changed along the music, it seems like they are dancing! Even though the visual materials are mostly made of straight lines, unlike most artists applying curvy lines to fit with music, it turns out really good.
Although this is the first time I learn about visualising music, I think it actually was the basic or the initial step of musicals, movies, animations, linking visual and aural artwork together to produce a greater impact to the audience.
I am sharing this short clip of visual music animation from that I enjoyed. I think is short but cool. It makes me want to do a small visual music project myself!!
Wendy Kong
ANIM223 - HISTORY OF ANIMATION - FALL 2019 