Weirdcore is an anonymous audio visual artist who has worked with Aphex Twin, Arca, Tame Impala, M.I.A, CHARLI XCX and many more current artists. Their art is really unique and inspiring to me on this project, in particular the music video they made for APHEX TWIN for his song T69 Collapse, the video merges animation and real life scanning of buildings (maybe through google maps) to create something hallucinatory and beautiful. The live face mapping that they did at Aphex’s 2017 Field Day set was something that I could try to implement into my final piece as it would be interesting to merge that with puredata gem’s functions.
Weirdcore does live “sound-reactive visuals, some react to the bass, some the mids, others the highs, and so on,” this is what I have been experimenting with in puredata so it’s cool to see how complex and intricate I could make the Audio Visual piece.
The other thing I find inspiring about weirdcore is the implimentation of popular cultural icons and celebrities that make the work more relatable and nostalgic. In my piece it would be good to include imagery that the audience can relate to and find nostalgic.