Simple Harmonic Motion: The Awesome Machinery of Nature: We are all connected (2021)

This project is part of the Simple Harmonic Motion series.

“The Awesome Machinery Of Nature: We are all connected” is an abstract film, a Speculative Simulation and Computational Composition that celebrates the interconnectedness of all living and non-living things across many scales of time and space – from the interactions of sub-atomic particles and oscillations in the quantum fields that permeate space-time; to the formation of matter and stars; to the emergence and evolution of life from inanimate matter, and the cosmic webs that connect us all.

The work is an evolution of my “Simple Harmonic Motion” series – a series of works that investigate the emergence of complex behaviour through the interaction of fundamental entities driven by very simple rules. This new work, builds upon this to celebrate The Awesome Machinery of Nature.

A 45 minute presentation and 30 minute Q&A about the work can be viewed at https://youtu.be/PuhnU4a_Q9E

Direct link to Q&A: https://youtu.be/PuhnU4a_Q9E?t=3626

Credits & Acknowledgements

Commissioned by the Centre for Practice & Research in Science & Music (PRiSM) at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM).

The work premiered at the Future Music #3 Festival (16-17 June 2021).

Animal (and other organism) 3D models from (with modifications) Everything Library © David OReilly (CC BY 4.0)

Cover image

Still from The Awesome Machinery of Nature: We are all connected, 2021.
Still from The Awesome Machinery of Nature: We are all connected, 2021.

Series

More works in the Simple Harmonic Motion series.

Selected Exhibitions, Performances & Presentations(3 / 3)

Only selected shows with project pages are listed below. For more complete exhibition and performance history please see Show History.

Words(2 / 2)

The artist’s own writing about this work.

Press(16 / 16)

Articles, reviews and other press relating to this work.

Interviews(4 / 4)

Books(1 / 1)

Catalogs(1 / 1)

Other Coverage(8 / 8)

News(2 / 2)

Awards & Fellowships(1 / 1)

Commissions(2 / 2)

Collections(1 / 1)

  • 2014  Blenheim Art Foundation, Oxfordshire, UK

Show History(8 / 8)

Performances(1 / 1)

  • 2015  FutureEverything, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, UK, 25 Feb 2015

Group Exhibitions(7 / 7)

Details

Medium
HD Video. Duration: 7:05. Technique: Custom software, openFrameworks/C++, Houdini/VEX/Python