Michal Levy - Giant Steps
'I play saxophone and am deeply attached to music. When I play or listen, I always feel that I actually “see” the music. Both music and the visual arts share concepts like tone (of color or sound), composition, harmony. Naturally they mixed and mingled in my consciousness over the years.'
This visual representation of Coltrane's Giant Steps, attempts to represent the complex harmonic structure that has challenged many musicians and performers. Michal Levy expresses that there was no need to invent something new in order to visualise the music, it just rewuired listening over and over again as the answers tothe questions were within the music itself. The repeated pattern in the melody has been visualised as a building's structure, played twice and then in the film the framework is complete when constructed twice, showing this idea. The general approach was to understand the emotional meaning of each musical phrase and to then choose the direction in space in the visual world that will suit it best.
This visual representation of Coltrane's Giant Steps, attempts to represent the complex harmonic structure that has challenged many musicians and performers. Michal Levy expresses that there was no need to invent something new in order to visualise the music, it just rewuired listening over and over again as the answers tothe questions were within the music itself. The repeated pattern in the melody has been visualised as a building's structure, played twice and then in the film the framework is complete when constructed twice, showing this idea. The general approach was to understand the emotional meaning of each musical phrase and to then choose the direction in space in the visual world that will suit it best.
Michal Levy - One
Michal Levy discover Jason's music back in 2000 when she participated in a student exchange program in New York. His music was seen to be 'colorful and exciting' and when closing eyes it was visualised in shapes and colours.
'What are the colours of music, in what space does music live? If it's moving, then in which direction?' are the questions that framed the creation of another animation that would 'show the music'.
As a saxophonist, observing music and translating it into a language of forms and patterns is often exiting and rewarding. This animation was created with attempt to express this in a visual way to those who may not experience synesthesia, but are interested by it.
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