Mass for the Endangered (2020)
CREDO
"'Credo' is a totemic creed to flora and fauna writ in stars and stone—a temple dedicated to the threatened and endangered. Seven sacred creatures evolve in form and complexity, alluding to humanity's primordial relationship with nature, by turns violent and worshipful."
The assets for the video are created in Cinema4D by visual artist Deborah Johnson, then brought into Unity for further processing by Louise Lessél, including coloring and custom shader effects for the totems and totem animals, as well as programming of butterfly flocking system with customizable waypoints and landing points, and camera capture system.
TouchDesigner is used for the moving constellations of animals, made with mesh deform manipulations and custom particle system. Final composite is done in AfterEffects by Deborah Johnson.
CREDITS
Credo is the fourth release from CandyStations aka Deborah Johnson, for composer Sarah Kirkland Snider's album, Mass for the Endangered, released to critical acclaim on New Amsterdam and Nonesuch Records in September 2020.
TouchDesigner, Unity
Press
Nonesuch Records Link
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GLORIA (INTERACTIVE)
This interactive desktop piece was created as a sister to the official video for Gloria by CandyStations. Sacred, ancient creatures emerge and erode through a mouse and audio-responsive mosaic that evokes Byzantine patterns, stained glass motifs, and ancient rock formations. Click and drag to alter the rocky facets, simultaneously revealing and eroding the underlying animal forms. As the music fades, a final, ghostly image exposes all the marks made.
Save + share your creations to social media using the hashtag #sksgloria, or email them to me (you can save images at any point using the 'Save' button). All drawings will display in a gallery on Sarah's website.
CREDITS
Gloria is the fifth release from CandyStations aka Deborah Johnson, for composer Sarah Kirkland Snider’s album, Mass for the Endangered, released to critical acclaim on New Amsterdam and Nonesuch Records in September 2020.
TouchDesigner, GLSL, Three.js
Press
Nonesuch Records Link
