Escher / Bach

The work of the Dutch graphic artist Esher was the inspiration for six animation loops I made. One is directly based on one of his woodcuts, the other five are variations.

They were produced for a live performance of Bach's first Cello suite, played by Guus Flavius, as part of a program which featured the premiere of new work by Dutch composer Egmont Swaan.

The animations were shown on a large monitor behind the chello player

See the animations:

1. Bird / Fish (130kB)
2. Fish (83 kB)
3. Indefinite Birds (110 kB)
4. Chess (199kB)
5. Celli (150kB)
6. Indefinite Celli (85 kB)

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