NONLINEARTHE is an augmented reality album created in collaboration with musician Dave Stitch, translating electronic music into a series of responsive visual experiences.
Using custom audio-reactive visual systems, each composition generates a unique animated form derived directly from the structure of the sound itself. Rather than illustrating the music, the project explores how frequencies, rhythms and amplitudes can become visual material, creating a direct relationship between listening and seeing.
Accessible through augmented reality, the work extends the album beyond traditional audio formats, allowing audiences to encounter music as a spatial and immersive experience. The project combines generative animation, digital sculpture and sound visualisation to create a collection of evolving audiovisual environments.
NONLINEARTHE marked an important stage in the development of my practice, bringing together generative systems, sound visualisation and audience interaction within a single body of work. Many of the ideas first explored through the project later informed my work with mixed reality, responsive installations and immersive audiovisual environments.
Technical Development
The visual system uses procedural line structures and particle-based behaviours driven by audio analysis. By reducing visual language to a minimal framework of motion, frequency and form, the project focuses attention on the relationship between sound and image rather than representational content.
Augmented Reality Experience
The album features nine custom audiovisual works accessible through augmented reality. Each piece responds to a different composition, creating a collection of immersive visual environments that expand the listening experience beyond the screen.
Artist: Dave Stitch
Creative Direction: Andy Harper
Location: United Kingdom
Project Type: Augmented Reality Music Album
Year: 2019 - 2020
AR Animations: 9 Oscilloscope-based visualizations
Platform: Available through dedicated Graff.io Arts AR app
Creative Direction: Andy Harper
Location: United Kingdom
Project Type: Augmented Reality Music Album
Year: 2019 - 2020
AR Animations: 9 Oscilloscope-based visualizations
Platform: Available through dedicated Graff.io Arts AR app
Creative Philosophy
Rather than relying purely on algorithmic generation, this project maintains a strong human creative presence. The fascination lies in crafting animations that respond to sound while carefully curating the visual results to enhance the musical experience.
AR Experience
The project features nine custom Oscilloscope animations, each corresponding to tracks that blend exclusive material with album compositions. Users can access nine interactive markers through the AR app, with each marker triggering its corresponding animation for an immersive audio-visual journey.
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