PRecious
Kendra Raczek
03/04/2020
Generative Music Visualization
Technology
Precious was created using Processing, a language and development environment created by Casey Reas and Ben Fry. To analyze frequency and amplitude from the mp3 file, I used the Minim sound library with Processing. I incorporated AudioPlayer, FFT (Fourier Transform), as well as Audio Input and Output from the Minim library into the generative drawing. In the composition itself, I created a particle class for the numerous “stars” that move toward the audience and rotate. I captured Precious in both a screencapture video, and in PDFs generated in Processing.
Design + Music
When we listen to a song, we are often transported someplace; our childhood bedroom, a faraway land, or maybe an abstract vision we cannot describe. Precious is an abstract visual representation of the soundscape that ATEEZ’s song transports the listener to. A mystical plane of existence wherein you experience interlocking percussion mixing with churning bass, all while smoothly travelling through the space. Like design, music has no boundary of language or location; we are all connected through sensory experiences that enchant us, inspire us, and move us to places we never thought possible.
Artist Statement
Precious is a spacial futuristic visualization of the song Precious (Overture) by the Korean-Pop group ATEEZ
(에이티즈).
Much of the work reacts instantaneously with the amplitude of the various frequencies of sound input, used as parameters for size, numbers of elements, and speed. Certain elements focus on higher-pitched (frequency) sounds, while others are affected only by the volume of the bass tones. Precious mixes these sound-dependent elements with smooth and constant lines floating around the screen, creating a busy composition that draws the eye into a new universe. The color palette was chosen to align with ATEEZ’s album aesthetic, as well as the translated lyrics of the song,
It’s already at the end
We need more light
Along the route we’ve been through so many times
We’re standing in front of a new beginning
Yeah, the lights gathered produce this color
Follow your dreams. We run endlessly
Put your feet together in front of the journey and put your hands up to the end...
