Bengal Classical Music Festival Festival by Shafiqul Alam |
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| DESIGN NAME: Bengal Classical Music Festival PRIMARY FUNCTION: Festival INSPIRATION: The essence of music allows the soul to disintegrate and transcend to a higher state of being. Eastern classical music is a conversation of love spoken in syllables of purity and reflection. The concept was to visually showcase the unraveling of the soul, pierced by the powerful, uplifting and euphoric waves of music as the lover and the beloved becomes one. UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Eastern classical music is a conversation of love spoken in syllables of purity and reflection. To encapsulate this, a generative system based on 'Raga' was developed. A symbol – the statue of a musician sitting at peace, her hands liberating the tunes from her Tanpura – was chosen as the core seed of the system to generate design elements unique to each performer's music. The lighting of the statue for each generations reflected the different times of the day-night when a 'Raga' is played. OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: - PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: Bengal classical music festival is the largest eastern classical music festival in the world. The festival takes place every winter in Dhaka, Bangladesh. This particular identity was launched in 2015 and is currently in use. |
PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: We 3d scanned the original version of the statue and virtualised it to be used in a custom generative system. We included a data bank of 378 "Ragas" inside the system. The database included - time of the day/night when a particular raga should be played, musical notes of the Raaga and the interval sequences. The system had a list of classical music performers and a list of their tracks. Selected music track went through FFT conversion and the converted data-points were used to manipulate the 3d shape of the virtualised statue. The light direction was decided based on time of the day/night the raga of the selected music was played. SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: - TAGS: Eastern classical, generative system, festival, brand identity RESEARCH ABSTRACT: - CHALLENGE: Translating the complex and nuanced realm of eastern classical music into a generative system posed to be a theoretical challenge for the project. ADDED DATE: 2017-02-28 23:13:24 TEAM MEMBERS (6) : Creative/Art Direction : Shafiq Alam, Technical Direction : Afeef Zubaer Zaman, Creative Technologist : Fahim Ahmed, Graphic Design : Shamim Ahmed, Copy-writing : Azhar Chowdhury and Account Manager : Ahmad Niaz Murshed IMAGE CREDITS: Shafiqul Alam, 2016. |
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NAME: Bengal Foundation PROFILE: Bengal Foundation was set up on the belief that exposure to the arts and culture lend a certain enlightenment and erudition to people, which not only make their quality of life better but also contribute to the betterment of society as well as the country. Engagement with the arts enriches people in a way which not only makes one more learned but also more humane. Bengal Foundation aims to sculpt a sense of aesthetics within the people, as well as the appreciation of it; establish points of reference for the growth and proliferation of art and facilitate the creation of environments responsive to the arts. It also works to conserve tradition; allow diversity, evolution and growth from within; disseminate processes, techniques, information and knowledge about the arts in order to empower, and instill confidence. Therefore the core undertaking of the Foundation is to create awareness in, and encourage the practice of, the arts in all its adaptations and uphold a positive image of Bangladesh by disseminating information about its cultural wealth. |
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Bengal Classical Music Festival Festival by Shafiqul Alam is Winner in Generative, Algorithmic, Parametric and AI-Assisted Design Category, 2016 - 2017.· Press Members: Login or Register to request an exclusive interview with Shafiqul Alam. · Click here to register inorder to view the profile and other works by Shafiqul Alam. |
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