Project using only vocal sounds and minimal post-processing.

In the small hours

Audio from http://vimeo.com/66539160
An abstract videomusic project finished in May 2013.

L'escalier

[exploring repetition]

What happens when you step beyond the boundaries of game space.

Beyond The Brink

[exploring repetition]

Someone once described a moment in a waltz as ghosts whirling and blurring in a deserted ballroom of a great hall. It was on a sunny winter’s day, when the first rays of sunlight pierced the window’s frost, and the drapes moved in time to the memories of the moments lived in that space. They were untameable and uninvited, and it was bittersweet. As with the unwinding of an old music box, the waltz brought an ache for something intangibly close. 

Bittersweet

Taking a mental step outside of the here and now, it is possible to shape our own perceptions and experiences. From a distance, we see the significance of things we have passed by, and the scale of issues that surround us and occupy our thoughts, in relation to the whole. In this detached mental state, it becomes conceivable to bend and mould what was actually always a flexible reality.

In this project, familiar visuals and sound are approached from alternative angles, in order to imagine and ascribe new meanings to these experiences. Using vibrant images, distorted footage, reversed sound, repetitive progressions and drones, 'down to earth' invites the viewer to temporarily walk away from their everyday trajectory and into a virtually constructed space of perceptual exploration.

Drawing inspiration from John Cage’s 'Silence' and Andy Puddicome’s 'Headspace' application, this project attempts to facilitate the heightened awareness of time, light and sound through approaching media in an unorthodox way. It is intended for a one-person audience, to be played through headphones, in somewhere that could act as a temporary sanctuary from a bustling place; be it an indoor telephone booth, a store cupboard, a photo booth in a shopping centre, a closable room or cubicle.

The full videomusic project can be found at https://vimeo.com/ejgladman/downtoearth

06 - continuum

(00.00) 01 - the quiet

(2.30) 02 - form will fade

Taking a mental step outside of the here and now, it is possible to shape our own perceptions and experiences. From a distance, we see the significance of things we have passed by, and the scale of issues that surround us and occupy our thoughts, in relation to the whole. In this detached mental state, it becomes conceivable to bend and mould what was actually always a flexible reality.

In this project, familiar visuals and sound are approached from alternative angles, in order to imagine and ascribe new meanings to these experiences. Using vibrant images, distorted footage, reversed sound, repetitive progressions and drones, 'down to earth' invites the viewer to temporarily walk away from their everyday trajectory and into a virtually constructed space of perceptual exploration.

Drawing inspiration from John Cage’s 'Silence' and Andy Puddicome’s 'Headspace' application, this project attempts to facilitate the heightened awareness of time, light and sound through approaching media in an unorthodox way. It is intended for a one-person audience, to be played through headphones, in somewhere that could act as a temporary sanctuary from a bustling place; be it an indoor telephone booth, a store cupboard, a photo booth in a shopping centre, a closable room or cubicle.

The full videomusic project can be found at https://vimeo.com/ejgladman/downtoearth

paper sakura