‘Drums of a Dying Nation’

Anyone with half an eye on the political goings on in the US will know what this means. It emerged without intention from some experiments with sound and film construction and said its piece. The main driver for it had been some issues with copyright relating to the use of a music track via Epidemic Sound that I am still hoping I can use with an AR overlay to a painting that will be in a forthcoming book. I had the composer’s permission to use it but needed to check with the hosting platform. Their questions seem to assume that … Continue reading ‘Drums of a Dying Nation’

The By-Any-Other-Name Virus Story

The By-Any-Other-Name Virus Story With no idea how she got there, or in fact, how anyone could get there, Maggie concluded she was in an Art House film. Or she did later when it became possible to ask the question, when curiosity returned to help separate herself a little from the scene. Less a key player with no insight and more an observer looking through blurry perspex. Either way, the paint of the cupboard was drifting slowly downwards, picking up some of the blue and red of the person next to it. Tonally congruent, the pigment became dilute, going from … Continue reading The By-Any-Other-Name Virus Story