Visual Music
At the IMM, students in the Visual Music major acquire knowledge of design principles and techniques by producing visualisations of sound and music – e.g. in the form of music videos, VJ sets, installations or computer games/ applications.
In their projects the students use concept and design of the sound and image level as an expression of individual artistic attitude.
Music visualisations are located somewhere between media art and club culture, where the question whether they are art or service, club culture or highbrow no longer presents itself. The sharp delineation between audio and video is shifting. And since the new media have started to make real-time coordination processes between visuals and sound possible, there are more and more audiovisual teams being formed, or individuals themselves engaging in audiovisual work.
For further information on this particular genre check out the Visual Music Archive.
Any Of Both
Within the framework of his Video 2 exam, David Schwager produced the website for the band Any Of Both. Under his conceptual leadership, Simone Waiblinger took charge of the design and Marek Bruns and Henning Wechsler handled the programming.
This project was supervised by their professor, Dr Heike Sperling, and IMM assistant professor Tristan Thönnissen.
telephone helicopter applause gunshot
Pixel monsters are very musical. In the city of Kraftwerk and Neu!, they dance to their own sound. Telephone Helicopter Applause Gunshot is a Visual Music piece by Anne Lucht, created for the song of the same name by Lorenz Rhode for her Video 2 exam under IMM professor Dr Heike Sperling. In addition, an app was produced in which new audio-visual arrangements of the song can be made.
The piece won one of the thirteen Visual Music Awards in 2011.
Synse THAG Visual Music App
IMM student Christian Sander is releasing a new version of his visual music app Synse. It is called Synse THAG and builds on elements of the song Telephone Helicopter Applause Gunshot by former IMM student and musician Lorenz Rhode.
IMM student Anne Lucht animated the visuals, which are based on her visual music clip Telephone Helicopter Applause Gunshot. Conception and video recording were carried out jointly by the three visually and musically trained audio and video engineers.
The production of the music video and the visuals for the app was supervised by IMM professor Dr Heike Sperling.
toktek llla
An empty factory building and an artist in Eindhoven, NL. The clip is an extract from a 40-minute performance which was recorded as video and audio by IMM students Maurice Braun, Florian Breuer, Erol Sarp and Michael Zöllner in January 2011. The work was submitted as Erol Sarp's Video I exam (Visual Music) for Prof. Dr. Heike Sperling and Andreas Kolinski.
Vier Türme [Four towers]
Vier Türme [Four towers] is a visual music project by Felix Herzog. Based on a watercolour by Paul Klee, it investigates the interaction of overlaying, transparent colour fields. The project is loop-based and intended for non-linear improvisation, the present clip should therefore be regarded as a snapshot. On a musical level, similarly to the colour fields, audio loops of different time bases are layered which allow diverse patterns to be produced depending on the combination. In the production of this project both video and audio were transposed several times between the digital and analogue mechanical world. Vier Türme was produced as a Video 1 exam for Prof. Dr. Heike Sperling and Andreas Kolinski.