VISUAL MUSIC

 
I have for many years had the desire to create an instrument that would allow me to play color in time. I reason that color in its pure form played in a sequence will vibrate in the human psyche in the same way that musical tones do. This idea is certainly not new to me. For a very comprehensive list of investigators in this field please go to Fred Collopy's web site: www. RythmicLight.com. It is clear from his long list of artists that the desire to create such an instrument is buried deep in the human psyche. It also seems clear that no one has been able to find a way to do this that is simple enough to be widely used. 
To me the key to this instrument is to 'tune' the color through several spectra creating a smooth transition from light to dark. I think the color itself will create the 'music' over time- not the shapes of the color, or the way the color moves - although those elements are dynamics that will help to enhance the color interactions. I began by using (BissPaint) in order to find out how the color looks best as it moves in and out of itself in time. 
In recent months I have been using FLASH to create work that actually could be 'played' in real time if the colors were attached to keys on a musical key board. http://rhythmiclight.com/archives/timeline.htmlhttp://www.imaja.com/blisspaint/index.htmlhttp://visualmusic.nancyherman.com/movies/Scriabin%20Prelude.swfshapeimage_1_link_0shapeimage_1_link_1
HERRINGBONE AND SILK_HERRING_BONE_AND_SILK.html
DON’T FENCE ME INDon_Fence_Me_In.html
WALTZ FROM THE JAZZ SUITEhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2zaVMB906M
BLISS PAINT VIDEOS_HERRING_BONE_AND_SILK.html
FLASH VIDEOShttp://visualmusic.nancyherman.com
BACH’S CELLO SUITEBach_Cello_suuite_1_.html
NIGHT LIGHTSNight_lights.html
PARADEPARADE.html
WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEENWHAT_MIGHT_HAVE_BEEN.html
FLOWER DUET FROM LACME - DELIBEShttp://visualmusic.nancyherman.com/movies/Flower%20duet%20from%20Lakme.swf
WALTZ AND MAZURKA FOR THE LITTLE GIRL - DELIUShttp://visualmusic.nancyherman.com/movies/Delius%20little%20girl%20really%20in%20placein%20one%20place.swf
CLAIRE DE LUNE - DEBUSSYhttp://visualmusic.nancyherman.com/movies/claire%20de%20lune%203.swf
PRELUDE - SCRIABINhttp://visualmusic.nancyherman.com/movies/Scriabin%20Prelude.swf
MAZURKA - SCRIABINhttp://visualmusic.nancyherman.com/movies/mazurka_2.swf
MOONLIGHT SONATA - BEETHOVENhttp://visualmusic.nancyherman.com/movies/bethoeven%20moonlight%202.swf
MYSTERYMystery.html
CHOPIN PRELUDEhttp://visualmusic.nancyherman.com/movies/chopin.swf
ADAGIO IN G MINOR - ALBINONIhttp://visualmusic.nancyherman.com/movies/Adagio%20in%20G%20Albinoni.swf
ARIA - BACH GOLDBERG VARIATIONhttp://visualmusic.nancyherman.com/movies/ARIA%20variations.swf