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In this episode of Primary Optics, NONOTAK speak to Fact about their inspirations and the technology behind their ambitious audio-visual performances. ....
Fact 2020: Documentaries Fact 2020: Documentaries Over the past 12 months we’ve reported on the stories of musicians, choreographers and visual artists from across the globe. As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded, our Artist DIY series profiled how creatives around the world were responding in the face of an extremely challenging new situation for the arts. Meanwhile, our Primary Optics series found out how some of the world’s best audio-visual artists make their stunning live shows, and our documentary Block9: Temporary Alternative Realities went behind the scenes of Glastonbury Festival’s hidden clubbing utopia. Below, we take a look back on some of our docs from 2020, including the stories behind Robert Henke’s CBM 8032 AV show, Zoë Mc Pherson’s multimedia collaborations, and Maral’s blend of noise, post-punk and dub. Discover the rest of this year’s documentaries in our archive. ....
Oneohtrix Point Never shares twisted visual for ‘No Nightmares’ Featuring The Weeknd’s disembodied head as a demonic movie projector. Reliquary House, the studio of long-time Oneohtrix Point Never collaborator Nate Boyce, takes on Rilke and the biblical story of the Binding of Isaac in a “debased Pixar style animation” for ‘No Nightmares’, OPN’s collaboration with The Weeknd and Caroline Polachek and a standout track from his recent album, Magic Oneohtrix Point Never. “Dan initially sent me an excerpt of ‘Fear of the Inexplicable’ by Rilke as a prompt to start working on our idea of a debased animation,” explains Boyce. “Abel and Dan traverse psychoanalytically charged scenarios and spaces that evoke a lurid mix of art and architectural references. Eventually I started to associate the implications of the Rilke poem to the biblical story of the Binding of Isaac, an anxiety inducing story I hated as a kid that became a subtext for the latter h ....
Primary Optics: NONOTAK on turning their love of illustration and architecture into audio-visual art On this episode of Primary Optics, filmed at Prague’s Lunchmeat Festival, NONOTAK speak to Fact about their inspirations and the technology behind their ambitious audio-visual performances. NONOTAK is an audio-visual collaboration between illustrator Noémie Schipfer and musician Takami Nakamoto. Together they’ve been exploring space, sound and light across installations and live shows since 2011, appearing at festivals such as MUTEK, Sónar and Houston’s Day For Night. The duo’s extensive catalogue of works focus on the interplay between Schipfer’s geometric patterns and Nakamoto’s sound design, brought to life by stunning projections and lighting, triggered with the aid of Ableton Live and Resolume. ....