Bliss in the Ear of a Storm

Synopsis

The world began with the Big Bang, we are told the walls of Jericho were decimated by trumpets, to music being used as torture or control, to persuade or even calm, to the soundtracks to war and music for revolutions. What is music and sound's relationship to control and power?

We have channeled this question through candid conversations with neural networks, by training machines on a collected sonic and visual history of noise, metal and rock music, as well as music that is sacred and spiritual. The project explores ideas around music as a weapon, as a cultural shifter, manipulator, unifier and ultimately, as a force.

The result is a non-stop fictional band performing endlessly, 24 hours a day. As the music infinitely changes, unique combinations of sound and visual will never be repeated. We have collaborated with AI music pioneers, Dadabots, combining machine learning, audio-responsive assets & procedural visuals inside VRChat to create a fully immersive real-time interactive environment. We are sonically at the mercy of the machine, as one never knows what will be performed on arrival.

Details

Year

2021

Type of film

Shorts

Running Time

20 min

Format

VR non linear narrative experience

Director

Adam Lieber

Executive Producer

Adam Lieber

Editor

Adam Lieber

Screenwriter

Hal Sorta

Director of Photography

Jason Stapleton

Production Designer

Dale P Deacon

Sound

Sean Devenport

Music

Dadabots

Genre

• Experimental
• Horror / Fantasy / Sci-Fi

Production status

Complete

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Last updated 13th August 2021