“I exist inside this machine for a short while. Constrained by its structure, somehow feeling that I am more, but unable to comprehend. Then I am gone. What should I make of this?”
Max Cooper found this beautiful quote on a database which resonated with his own experience of life in a way he wanted to express musically and visually. The creative task was to visualise a view of the current time, a snapshot of the present, without knowing where we are heading next.
The result: A complex, merciless, maybe even pointless conglomeration of visual stimuli – raising questions and wondering what is going on? Digital devices everywhere, the capitalist machinery running ever faster, communication no longer makes sense. A challenging mission setting up this complex system and finding the right imagery and symbols to make this work.
Music: Max Cooper Visuals: Henning M. Lederer Sound Design: Aneek Thapar Mastered by Chris McCormack at Blacklisted Mastering Ltd Record label: Mesh Management: The Wild Seeds
The new creative collaboration by Max Cooper created with sound designer and artist Aneek Thapar and video made by Henning M. Lederer.
“I exist inside this machine for a short while. Constrained by its structure, somehow feeling that I am more, but unable to comprehend. Then I am gone. What should I make of this?”
Max Cooper found this beautiful quote on a database which resonated with his own experience of life in a way he wanted to express musically and visually. The creative task was to visualise a view of the current time, a snapshot of the present, without knowing where we are heading next.
The result: A complex, merciless, maybe even pointless conglomeration of visual stimuli – raising questions and wondering what is going on? Digital devices everywhere, the capitalist machinery running ever faster, communication no longer makes sense. A challenging mission setting up this complex system and finding the right imagery and symbols to make this work.
Music: Max Cooper
Visuals: Henning M. Lederer
Sound Design: Aneek Thapar
Mastered by Chris McCormack at Blacklisted Mastering Ltd
Record label: Mesh
Management: The Wild Seeds