Metric Synthetica
2013
"Delightfully surprising", "Damn good", "Makes you feel good about making music yourself" -Fast Company Design
About
In 2013 I produced an interactive art experience in collaboration with Canadian musical artists Metric and Scott Snibbe. The visuals were adapted from the surrealistic work of Superstudio, a late 1960s Italian architecture collective spearheaded by Cristiano Toraldo and Adolfo Natalini whose conceptual architecture promoted the harmony of people, nature and technology. The audience was invited to interact with the visuals and music, remixing it intuitively to create their own audio-visual experiences.
The art work was featured at the Sónar 2014 Festival and was a 2014 Webby Award Official Honoree.
Breathing Underwater
Interactive digital experience, 2013
Still image from 4-minute experience in which audience can remix Metric's song Breathing Underwater
Lost Kitten
Interactive digital experience, 2013
Still image of 3-minute experience in which audience can remix Metric's song Lost Kitten
Reflections
Interactive digital experience, 2013
Still image of 3-minute experience in which audience can remix Metric's song Reflections
The Void and The Wanderlust
Interactive digital experience, 2013
Still image from 3-minute experience in which audience can remix Metric's song The Void.
Still image from 3-minute experience in which audience can remix Metric's song The Wanderlust
The Void
Interactive digital experience, 2013
Interaction shot of audience member remixing the Metric's song The Void.
Youth without Youth and Synthetica
Interactive digital experience, 2013
Still image from 4-minute experience in which audience can remix Metric's song Youth without Youth.
Still image from 4-minute experience in which audience can remix Metric's song Synthetica
Synthetica menu
Interactive digital experience, 2013
Still image of menu
Speed the Collapse
Interactive digital experience, 2013
Interaction shot of audience member remixing the Metric's song Speed the Collapse.
Group Exhibitions
Sónar 2013 Festival (2014)
Awards
Webby Award Official Honoree (2014)
Press
Metric Release 'Synthetica' Companion Album and App. Rolling Stone, Nov. 12, 2013.
It’s Almost Impossible to Make Bad Music with this App. FastCo Design, Dec. 9, 2013.
Metric team up with Bjork Biophilia co-creator for Metric Synthetica app. Nov. 13. 2013.
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Credits
Producer Ahna Girshick
Director Scott Snibbe
Executive Producers Hugo Vereker and Mathieu Drouin
Engineering Graham McDermott
App Audio Designer Noah Bennett Cunningham
Visual Artists / Interaction Designers Sean Monroe, Pirate Vereker, Ahna Girshick, Natalie Johnson, Ellias Fullmore, Justin Ponczek
Artwork For “Youth Without Youth”, “Speed The Collapse”, “Breathing Underwater”, “Lost Kitten”, “The Void”, “The Wanderlust” and “Reflections #6” Adapted With Permission From Works By Superstudio.
Artwork For “Artificial Nocturne”, “Dreams So Real”, “Synthetica”, and “Reflections #5” Adapted From Album Artwork By Justin Broadbent.
Special Thanks To Myles Grosovsky
© 2013 Snibbe Studio