For his newest single, “Soft Gradient Beckons,” British digital musician Ryan Lee West, a.ok.a. Rival Consoles, tapped multidisciplinary artist Anthony Dickenson to create a music video that performs with a way of notion and actuality—particularly the excellence between analog and digital processes.
Dickenson employs a variety of images and movie processes in his observe, focusing predominantly on nature and portraiture. For the “Soft Gradient Beckons” music video, he dove headlong right into a nine-month experimental course of, creating a number of, lengthy paper scrolls with hand-painted frames in black ink. He then animated by documenting in a sequence akin to the best way movie is fed by way of a projector.
The video above options the entire music video, adopted by a revealing making-of section that delves into Dickenson’s labor-intensive course of.
His set up “reflects the intricacies and dedication of the creative process,” the artist says in a press release. “The result is both a visual and emotional journey, seamlessly blending art and music into one cohesive experience.” Utilizing cameras connected to a drone and a skateboard, he captures distinct particulars and patterns whereas additionally panning out to see the complete grouping organized rigorously on a warehouse flooring.
The idea originated from what Dickenson calls a “mistake” that occurred when, a number of years again, he was experimenting with making monoprints utilizing ink rollers. He had a realization that little blemishes or so-called defects varied textures from the curler truly lent themselves nicely to animation.
“Sometimes the mistakes are the bits that really reveal new techniques,” Dickenson says. “I love these little moments of imperfection. Otherwise, you know, you might as well just build in AI.” Discover extra on his web site.
