Applying the fundamentals of minimalist music to animation.
Minimalist music is a branch of modern classical music developed in New York in the early 1960s. It began alongside the minimalist art movement, and both movements flourished throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Minimalist music stands out beyond its definition as a branch of classical music for the way it has infiltrated and interacted with pop culture and entertainment.
Minimalist music focuses on pure sonic power, pulse, and the internal processes of music. It mainly features 'consonant' or pleasing harmony/tonality, a steady pulse, use of drones, repetition of simple motifs, phrases, and cells, and heavily relies on Indian and Eastern musical references. The genre often lacks narrative and an objective goal. This provides a malleable quality to the music in which it can be interpreted and adapted by any listener. It can be seen as a breakdown of complex music into basic patterns and textures that can be further manipulated to create a different kind of complexity.
In the examples below, I have included some animations that are dictated by minimalist music structures.
These experiments were made for my final year MID project proposal, which I decided to discontinue.