Published
Thu, May 12, 2022, 17:25
- It's an interactive website that features generative typography moving to the track.
Max Cooper, a producer known for his experimentation with dance music and visual art, has teamed up with programmer Ksawery Kirklewski on a new interactive website.
The platform features chunks of text by the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein that move to "Symphony In Acid," a track off Cooper's latest album Unspoken Words. The process involved Kirklewski mapping sound to text and visual effects in an effort to trigger reflection on the relationship between music and words. The site also enables users to submit a selfie and have their own face rendered in Wittgenstein's words.
"The name 'Symphony In Acid,' plays on the combination of orchestral-like synthesis with 303-like synthesis of acid house fame," Cooper explained in a press statement. "I was trying to merge some disparate ideas in the context of a highly dense and complex, but gridded and rigorous structure, one reminiscent of the Wittgenstein text."
The duo have also released a short video of the website's content. Watch it below.
Unspoken Words came out via Mesh, Cooper's own label, in late March. For more on the UK artist's approach to music, science and art, revisit his 2017 RA Exchange.