Pythagorean theories on the harmony of the celestial spheres
postulate correspondences stretching through the abstraction of
number, sound and into light. The difficulty for many has been
crafting representations through art that encompass this process
and remain comprehensible and communicative. Harry Everett Smith
created hand painted films that were accompanied initially by
jazz music. In subsequent screenings the music changed to fit
the time period, Smith wanted contemporary music played with his
films based on when they were screened, not when they were made.
His visual explorations were meant to encompass universal themes
that would remain current with each new iteration of music.
[open myth source] – “where the recombining of elements and the
interactive process is more important than the product.”
“Differing from other music, here soundscape is no longer the
background but the foreground as the sound collage drives the
experience; sound is now the story that we process and interpret
individually and