Music as collage, sound as experiment. This DVD offers a dense musical composition linked to an even more intense visual layer. FoAM stretches our visual imagination beyond the average digital landscapes. Organic textures collide with byte-based forms, linked to sounds through changing aesthetic tactics: at times evenly matched, at times side-stepping and attaching themselves to different musical events.

"How far can we stretch the limits of our will to explore?" asks Susanne Bentley in 'Wired Sympathy', introducing a cascade of fragmented media sounds and swirling visuals that create an erratically evolving world. Stuttering images, flashing urban forms and fractured vocals repeating signs & slogans: a double dose of condensed modern living.

Two months after its release, 'In human format' was picked up by the prestigious Ars Electronica 2006 festival. Track #11, 'Release the object', was selected for screening during the Generative Animation Festival, between 1st and 4th of September 2006.

Tracks:

01 Failed irimi / Maximised profits ::: download preview
02 Mark one object
03 Bad day
04 Back to base
05 Drop
06 Wired sympathy ::: download preview
07 Temporary object theory
08 Final call Supercrew ::: download preview
09 Edit, restart
10 Legitimate goal
11 Release the object
12 Failed irimi / Intense longing ::: download preview

Sound by Bent Object: Peter Van Hoesen (BE) and Susanne Bentley (NZ)
Visuals by FoAM: Maja Kuzmanovic (HR) and Nik Gaffney (AUS)

Mastered by John Sellekaers at Metarc, Montreal. Graphic design: Max Tilgenkamp

In human format was selected for screening at:
- Athens Video Art Festival 2007
- Ars Electronica 2006

Live screening were performed at:
- Elektra festival 2007, Montréal
- Cimatics, Brussels
- Victorian Circus, Amsterdam

Press: read the review that appeared in Gonzo Circus #77 (in Dutch).

Ordering information:
Online: you can order with us directly if you have a Paypal account. The price of the DVD is 14 EUR + shipping. How to order this DVD online.
Retail: Le Bonheur, Brussels.

Related releases:
Various artists: Altitude 1000
Object: Release the object
RM: 1025