Gentle Monsters Sound Design by Angad Berar |
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| DESIGN NAME: Gentle Monsters PRIMARY FUNCTION: Sound Design INSPIRATION: Every monster has a beginning, present and an end state. Taking this as a queue, each piece is designed with musical elements to represent ‘that’ particular state, to take the take the listener on a linear journey, while doing justice to each Monster’s essence. The difficulty was to make the artist's personal, subjective emotions tangible. After rounds of conversations with Nisshtha, I decided to use certain sonic elements to exaggerate the emotions. UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: “Gentle Monsters” is a personal art project started in July 2017 by Nisshtha Khattar. It is a series of portraits of her own personal monsters that she has encountered and become friends with. The intention behind creating these sounds was to accompany the artwork with a sonic backdrop, allowing the viewer to completely immerse themselves in the artist’s work, both visually and sonically. OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: Scan. Watch. Listen. Experience. The exhibition is designed with the hope to immerse the viewer into a visual and aural experience - enabling them to relate to the artists own journey of discovering, uncovering and in turn making her monsters gentle. Each artwork has its respective poem (Quintain) and sound which aims to enhance the essence of the monsters for the viewers. Scanning the QR code takes the viewer to the Gentle Monsters Playlist which allows them to play the sound for the Monster they are viewing. PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: Duration - 3 Months Location - Bangalore, India |
PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: The Sounds were designed on Logic Pro x and GarageBand. I used both analog and digital instruments to create the sounds such as Ibanez Artcore Guitar, M-Audio Keyboard, ukulele and Samples of field recordings and foley. SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: Sample Rate - 44.1Khz Bits per Sample - 16 Audio Channel - Stereo TAGS: Experimental, Emotional, Sound Design, ambient, anxiety RESEARCH ABSTRACT: The research took place over 1 month. It consisted of conversations between Nisshtha Khattar and me. Where my goal was understand her thoughts and emotions behind each monster and convert into a tangible form which the audience could relate to. The research consisted of going through my own personal experiences of fear, anxiety, Loss etc and channel that into various sonic elements. Secondary research consisted of studying Films and other Pop media in order to understand how certain emotions are best communicated to an audience. CHALLENGE: the hardest part of this design activity was to make the subjective emotion and the experience of the artist into something tangible that the audience can understand and relate to. ADDED DATE: 2020-08-06 17:06:56 TEAM MEMBERS (2) : Angad Berar - Sound Designer and Nisshtha Khattar - Artist IMAGE CREDITS: Image #1: Angad Berar, Gentle Monsters, 2019. Image #2: Angad Berar, Gentle Monsters, 2019. Image #3: Angad Berar, Gentle Monsters, 2019. Image #4: Angad Berar, Gentle Monsters, 2019. Image #5: Angad Berar, Gentle Monsters, 2019. |
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NAME: Gentle Monsters PROFILE: Monster: “a large, ugly, and frightening imaginary creature.” Sometimes we tend to ‘over nurture’ certain thoughts which are unwanted, often a response to negative stimuli. The stimuli are usually certain thoughts that cause worry, stress and anxiety. The more we keep our minds there, the thoughts become bigger and uglier…turning into monsters. They may not be completely uprooted but can become gentle. Art Exhibit “Gentle Monsters” is a personal art project started in July 2017 by Nisshtha Khattar. It is a series of portraits of her own personal monsters that she has encountered and become friends with. The monsters are digital illustrations with their respective poem and sound that aims to enhance their essence to the viewers. Sounds for Gentle Monsters This interactive exhibit is a collaboration with Angad Berar who is producing music for each monster. The intention behind creating these sounds was to accompany the artwork with a sonic backdrop, allowing the viewer to completely immerse themselves in the artist’s work, both visually and sonically. Every monster has a beginning, present and an end state. Taking this as a queue, each piece is designed with certain musical elements to represent ‘that’ particular state, in the hope to take the listener on a linear journey, while doing justice to each Monster’s essence. |
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Gentle Monsters Sound Design by Angad Berar is Winner in Music, Audio and Sound Design Category, 2020 - 2021.· Press Members: Login or Register to request an exclusive interview with Angad Berar. · Click here to register inorder to view the profile and other works by Angad Berar. |
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