Giles
 
Felicia
 
Rafael
 
The series Object Oriented is a specially commissioned work created for MINI for the IAA 2011. The hidden music of objects is made perceptible by means of an alchemical transformation which occurs in videomusical time. The resulting rhythms and harmonies allow us to experience our surroundings with a newly heightened appreciation for the audiovisual dynamics of the world around us. Curated by Meiré und Meiré.

Conceived, Directed, Edited and Composed by Gabriel Shalom

Produced by KS12 and Karen Cifarelli

Giles: Juri Member
Felicia: Angie Poon
Rafael: Tomas Spencer

Executive Producer: Patrizia Kommerell
Director of Photography: Carlos Vasquez
Lighting Assistant: George Steffens
Styling & Props: Steffa Superheilig – Styling Art
Hair & Makeup: Fernando Madronero
Production Assistant: Laurent Hoffmann
Runner: Mates Al-Fakhri
Postproduction Audio Engineer: Andrea Conti
Color Correction: Carlos Vasquez

Artist’s Statement

These pieces focus our attention on the audiovisual life of three urban archetypes and their possessions, transforming everyday items into totems of personal mythological significance. In contrast to personal articles, a car represents a more universal value, signifying an affiliation with society at large. While the characters are united in their parallel ownership of a car, they are differentiated by the objects they posses. This universal/personal dialectic forms the foundation of an “object oriented” approach, which sees potential in our consumer culture for the revisiting of ancient forms. The hidden music of objects is made perceptible by means of an alchemical transformation which occurs in videomusical time. The resulting rhythms and harmonies allow us to experience our surroundings with a newly heightened appreciation for the audiovisual dynamics of the world around us.

The compositional process for this work began as a careful meditation on the various sounds the different objects would yield. Each object was selected for both the way it performs audiovisually as well as how it fit in the overall constellation of objects for each character. Elements of gamelan, electro, baile funk, dubstep, dancehall, twostep, techno, triphop and glitch hop all make appearances in this series.

My work as a videomusician is influenced by the methodology employed in musique concrète, as I am often working with a similar toolkit of effects and techniques. I work with diegetic sounds, searching for a cinematic context in which the full spectrum of sound I require can be contained in a coherent visual universe. I am a tesseractor – a time-sculptor – building up broad loop-based movements which I systematically articulate to achieve swing and suspense.

Giles   Felicia   Rafael   The series Object Oriented is a specially commissioned work created for MINI for the IAA 2011. The hidden music of objects is made perceptible by means of an alchemical transformation which occurs in videomusical time. The resulting rhythms and harmonies allow us to experience our surroundings with a newly heightened appreciation for the audiovisual ...