Painting with Light by Joerg Miedza & Joerg Miedza

Author:Joerg Miedza & Joerg Miedza
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rocky Nook
Published: 2011-11-21T16:00:00+00:00

JLW: Another time, he looked at our images and simply said, “There are a lot of these I can’t use.” Then he paused and said”, ... but that doesn’t matter because they’re really beautiful.” This was one of the many occasions Rainer has shown that he isn’t just interested in exploiting our work.

You made LAPP images for the Swedish band Covenant. How important is music to your work? Are you planning any further crossover projects that include music?

JM: Music began to play a role in our work while we were building our website. Up until then (mid-2008), we had presented our images at public photo portals and had received a lot of useful feedback. Once I had come up with the idea of our own website, it was clear to me that it had to be an audiovisual experience. I wanted to create an atmosphere that invites the viewer to stay a while and look around. In this environment, the music enhances the atmosphere and produces emotions the same way as a film soundtrack. Choosing the right music is difficult because sound can easily change the appearance of color. We generally use cool, synthesizer-based electropop for our presentations. We now have personal contact with artists like Tom Shear from Assemblage 23, Stefan Poiss from mind.in.a.box, and Eskil Simonsson, Joakim Montelius, and Daniel Myer from Covenant, as well as other prominent electro musicians. Some of our images and the sounds we use have also earned us some feedback from the Goth scene and, in late 2009, James D. Stark joined us to support the musical side of our work. His arrangements are influenced by Depeche Mode, Martin Gore, Iris, DE/VISION, Seabound, Beborn Beton, and Wolfsheim—all artists who are on my wish list for future projects. It is not always easy to make direct contact with musicians whose work we want to use, but the feedback is often extremely positive.

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