Julie Simon
Multiplication tables and art don’t necessarily seem to go together.
However, the relationship, rhythm, and patterns found in math are
artistic at their core. “Four Times in Cmaj” explores the 4 times
table, in abstraction, over time. What inspired me to create this
piece is the mathematical structure of multiplication, for example
4x1=4. Video is made from individual frames, 30 frames in each
second. I looked at what would happen if I edited 4 frames of one
source, and then 1 frame of a second source, resulting in 4 frames
of a third source. I carried that through 4x14, in a master layer.
Then, using time based segments based on multiples of the original
number 4, layered and abstracted the master layer over time. The
sound was produced independently using elements of the Cmaj chord,
layered and abstracted in the same manner.