Say goodbye to the music video, say hello to interactive exhibitions.
Kid A is one of the most influential music albums of all time. Amnesiac, largely regarded as its "little brother" is also pretty good, sprung from the sessions for the same music. Together, they form the Kid A Mnesia combo, a sort of double LP about paranoia, loss, death, memory, politics and regret.
The thing about those albums is that I can't feel I can really say much about them that hasn't been said before. I discovered Radiohead at the age of 16 and since then they have been every step of the way in my life. I've sought comfort in their music as it (maybe sadly) speaks to me in a way no other music does.
Diving into the Exhibition is a way of contemplating this era of Radiohead in a way it can't be experienced in any other medium. I've always imagined an animated feature of Kid A, which trembled as my sight was poured by the labyrinths of memory in the Exhibition. Something that really shocked me since I'm a game designer and stuff.
The Exhibition, as I said, is a labyrinth where images and sounds converge at different points to not only show Donwood and Yorke's art, but to immerse you in imposible places. Galleries floating in the air, rooms made up of paper that re-arranges itself and giant monolithic empty creatures wandering about the place searching for meaning.
The highlight is maybe when you step inside the pyramid and a trio of songs pursue, but everything else is just as creative and imaginative. Call this what you want, game, exhibition, interactive piece, but the fact is that Yorke, Godrich and Donwood saw the possibilities of space representation and dynamic audio to bring to life this music as it never has been. To step into the gallery is to step in a world of paranoia and the minds of some of the most interesting minds of our generation.
Simply amazing!
Kid A is one of the most influential music albums of all time. Amnesiac, largely regarded as its "little brother" is also pretty good, sprung from the sessions for the same music. Together, they form the Kid A Mnesia combo, a sort of double LP about paranoia, loss, death, memory, politics and regret.
The thing about those albums is that I can't feel I can really say much about them that hasn't been said before. I discovered Radiohead at the age of 16 and since then they have been every step of the way in my life. I've sought comfort in their music as it (maybe sadly) speaks to me in a way no other music does.
Diving into the Exhibition is a way of contemplating this era of Radiohead in a way it can't be experienced in any other medium. I've always imagined an animated feature of Kid A, which trembled as my sight was poured by the labyrinths of memory in the Exhibition. Something that really shocked me since I'm a game designer and stuff.
The Exhibition, as I said, is a labyrinth where images and sounds converge at different points to not only show Donwood and Yorke's art, but to immerse you in imposible places. Galleries floating in the air, rooms made up of paper that re-arranges itself and giant monolithic empty creatures wandering about the place searching for meaning.
The highlight is maybe when you step inside the pyramid and a trio of songs pursue, but everything else is just as creative and imaginative. Call this what you want, game, exhibition, interactive piece, but the fact is that Yorke, Godrich and Donwood saw the possibilities of space representation and dynamic audio to bring to life this music as it never has been. To step into the gallery is to step in a world of paranoia and the minds of some of the most interesting minds of our generation.
Simply amazing!