Here’s video of the Second Life version of 77 Million Paintings.
There was a simultaneous virtual version of 77 Million Paintings ongoing in Second Life: The exterior of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) has its own beautiful illumination: You think, “Wow - look at that one.” Sometimes some combination comes up and I know it’s some result of this system that I invented, but nonetheless I didn’t imagine such a thing could be produced by it. Nonetheless, some of the combinations are really striking.
You know it’s only another combination that’s no more or less likely than any of the other combinations of four cards you could deal. Wired News: When you look at it, do you feel like it’s something that you had a hand in creating?Įno: Well, I know I did, but it’s a little bit like if you are dealing hands of cards and suddenly you deal four aces. Occasionally I’ll look up from what I’m doing and I think, “God, I’ve never seen anything like that before!” And that’s a real thrill. I have 77 Million Paintings running in my studio a lot of the time. Long Now Executive Director Alexander Rose also spoke:Ībout the work: Brian Eno discusses 77 Million Paintings with Wired News (excerpt):Įno: The pieces surprise me. Until you notice it’s completely different. In brilliant colors, constantly transforming at a rate so slow it is difficult to track.
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Like the Ambient Painting at The Interval or other examples of Eno’s generative visual art, a series of high resolution images slowly fade in and over each other and out again at a glacial pace. The audience could sit in chairs at the back of the room, sink into bean bags, or lie down on rugs or the floor closer to the screens.
The installation was in a large, dark room accompanied by generative ambient Eno music. The actual presentation was a unique large scale projection created collaboratively with San Francisco’s Obscura Digital creative studio. While he’d shown this work at the Venice Bienniale, the Milan Triennale, Tokyo, London and South Africa this was its first showing in the U.S.
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The crowd was smaller with only our newly joined charter members plus Long Now staff and Board, including the artist himself.īrian Eno came in from London for the event. On Sunday we hosted a special Long Now members night. The Friday and Saturday shows were packed with about 900 attendees each. We presented 77 Million Paintings over three nights at San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) on June 29 & 30 and July 1, 02007. Here’s how we described the large scale art work at the time:Ĭonceived by Brian Eno as “visual music”, his latest artwork 77 Million Paintings is a constantly evolving sound and imagescape which continues his exploration into light as an artist’s medium and the aesthetic possibilities of “generative software”. It was a celebration of Eno’s unique generative art work, as well as the inaugural event of our newly launched Long Now Membership program. Long Now co-founders Stewart Brand (center)Īnd Brian Eno (right) in San Francisco, 02007Įxactly a decade ago today, in June 02007, Long Now hosted the North American Premiere of Brian Eno’s 77 Million Paintings.
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