Cymatics for Cosmogony (bassline) from meara o'reilly on Vimeo.
A collaboration with Snibbe Interactive and Björk on concert visuals for the Biophilia tour.
Cymatic patterns were synced to the basslines of songs. The video was designed to be projected on the floor so as to give the appearance that Björk stands on a large cymatic device. In some cases, the projections occurred on backdrop screens.
This work was debuted at the Manchester International Festival on June 30th, 2011. The program can be found here. The announcement from Snibbe Interactive is here.
For the best listening experience, please wear headphones: the low basslines that the patterns are synced to don't read well on most laptop speakers.
Cymatics for Moon (excerpt with full instrumentation and vocals) from meara o'reilly on Vimeo.
Cymatics for Moon (bassline) from meara o'reilly on Vimeo.
Cymatics for Hollow (bassline) from meara o'reilly on Vimeo.
Produced by: Snibbe Interactive.
Director of Photography and Editing: Noah Cunningham
Assistant Director of Photography: Elia Vargas
Project Manager: Sharon Hibbert
Production Assistant: Sharon Pieczenik
Special Thanks to:
Isaiah Saxon
Sean Hellfritsch
Saul Griffith
Ray Gruenig
Tucker Gilman
Joshua Kit-Clayton
Andrew Benson
Curver Thoroddson
Damian Taylor
Biophilia Concert Media Credits
Concept by Björk
Produced by Snibbe Interactive
For Björk:
Björk
Concept, Production, and Creative Lead
Derek Birkett
Production and Business Developer
James Merry
Project Coordinator and Research
Paul Normandale
Concert Lighting Design
Peter van der Velde
Production Manager
Shaun Martin
Tour Manager
James Harman
Legal Advisor
For Snibbe Interactive:
Scott Snibbe
Executive Producer and Director
Sharon Hibbert
Project Manager
Noah Cunningham
Director of Photography and Editor
Elia Vargas
Director of Photography and Editor
Mark Woloschuk
Compositor and Technical Advisor
Patrick Wilson
Audiovisual Technical Advisor
Nathan Heigert
Storyboard Artist
Sharon Pieczenik
Production Assistant
Meara O'Reilly
Cymatics Artist
Colin Sebastyen
Animator
Nature Footage Provided by:
BBC Motion Gallery, with thanks to Kush Varia
Bolshoi Footage Provided by:
Prof. Anatoly Klypin - Principal Investigator
Prof. Joel R. Primack - Principal Investigator
Dr. Christopher E. Henze - Scientific Visualization
NASA Advanced Supercomputing, NASA Ames Research Center
Bolshoi visualization available at http://new-universe.org
Stephen Mallinowski / Music Animation Machine
Abstract Animated Scores
iPad Application Footage:
crystalline
björk
creative director
luc barthelet
interactive author and lead developer
m/m paris
design and creative lead
scott snibbe
creative director, technical director
lisa ching
software engineer
sarah flannery
software engineer
mark danks
software engineer
touchpress
producer
for touchpress:
theo gray
creative advisor
max whitby
technical advisor
—
virus
björk
creative director
scott snibbe
software engineer, creative director, technical director
graham mcdermott
software engineer
nathan heigert
artist, designer, and animator
drew berry
creative advisor
—
thunderbolt
björk
creative director
scott snibbe
software engineer, creative director, technical director
graham mcdermott
software engineer
—
hollow
touchpress
producer
drew berry
animator and creative director
for touchpress:
john cromie
software engineer
max whitby
executive producer
—
solstice
björk and james merry
creative directors
max weisel
software engineer, creative director, technical director
harp samples included in this app from the vienna symphonic library.