MARY & JESUS - Ripple#14

Pochang Wu

Story

“Do whatever he tells you.”
― Mary, mother of Jesus. John 2.5

微弱的漣漪 in spacetime

Ripples of the Universe is an audiovisual project by Pochang Wu and Lien-cheng Wang. The work features 14 figures across multiple fields who greatly influenced the world, while each echoes a piece of corresponding lyrics of Pochang’s song “As Expected.” Lien-cheng created the program to make this generative artwork. As the music starts, the program is triggered by the audio signal, causing a series of lines and symbols to emerge from the screen, unfolding 14 engrossing animated portraits as the melody plays.

Music - Pochang Wu
https://www.pochang.com

Pochang Wu is a Taiwanese musician, entrepreneur and the main vocalist and songwriter of the rock band ECHO which is one of Taiwan’s most influential bands in the 2000s. His debut solo album, 42, was released in 2020. It is an alternative rock album which explores the relationship between technology, politics and human nature. He founded Taiwan’s largest indie music store iNDIEVOX in 2008 and has been a prominent music technologist and advocate for over a decade. He joined the KKBOX Group in 2016 and has led new ventures focused on building OURSONG, the world’s first music NFT marketplace.

Programming - Lien-cheng Wang
https://soulblighter0122.blogspot.com

Lien-Cheng Wang is a new media artist, open source education collaborator and audiovisual performer, residing in Taipei, Taiwan. His artistic and research involve with interactive devices and real-time sound performance. He uses open source to create installation art and audio-visual real-time performance. The works are committed to seamless combination of images and sounds created by computer algorithm as well as human perception with the universe and nature. He often utilizes a volume of installed approach to achieve a unique physical perception. Now he is currently appointed as lecturer in the new media department of Taipei National University of the Arts. His works have been exhibited and performed at Linz Ars Electronica (Austria), New Technological Art Award (Belgium), Les Journées GRAME (France), MADATAC (Spain), Digital Art Festival Taipei (Taiwan), Taipei Art Award, etc.

「宇宙的漣漪」來自《42》專輯中〈果不其然〉的歌詞，寫的是人類的愚蠢，歷史不斷重現，但我們總學不會。不論是戰爭、環境的破壞、族群的衝突、金融市場的泡沫、對宗教政治科技等信仰的幻滅，我們擅長點燃希望，最後搞砸一切，然而放在宇宙的尺度裡，最終這些都顯得微不足道。

我們選擇了 14 個與歌曲呼應的人物，橫跨多個領域，利用王連晟的演算法透過音樂繪製出這 14 幅動態肖像，每段歌詞對應一個人物，最後集合成一支完整的數位藝術影像。

Music - 吳柏蒼 Pochang Wu
回聲樂團 ECHO 主唱兼吉他⼿，曾⼊圍⾦曲獎最佳樂團，並於國內外各⼤⾳樂祭演出。⾳樂之外，⻑期投身數位平台，是臺灣第⼀個線上⾳樂商店 iNDIEVOX 創辦⼈，現為 OURSONG、theFARM 共同創辦⼈。⾸張個⼈專輯《42》主軸圍繞科技、政治與⼈性，寫出對科技的信仰與懷疑、 對⽂明的嚮往與幻滅。

Programming - 王連晟 Lien-Cheng Wang
數位藝術創作者，作品跨足於互動裝置和聲音表演。裝置作品常以數量的方式以達到一種特異的身體感知。而聲音表演常搭配程式即時生成的影像，與即時運算的聲音演出。近年來致力於程式演算影像與聲音的契合，現任國立台北藝術大學專任講師。曾獲得台北美術獎首獎、台北數位藝術節互動裝置類首獎、台北數位藝術表演獎首獎、英國流明獎雕塑類首獎，並於奧地利林茲電子藝術節、西班牙現代影音藝術節、法國里昂國立音樂中心、德勒斯登國際當代藝術展、比利時新科技藝術獎等國際知名藝術節展出。

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Created on 2021/07/14 15:41:00 UTC