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‘A Swarm of Sound’

Zack BreslerStan Hawkins

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VDP::Humaniora: 000::Musikkvitenskap: 110Visual Arts and Performing ArtsCommunicationComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided DesignMusic

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Author's accepted manuscript. This article explores the idea of audiovisual immersion through the portal of the virtual reality music video. Our focus falls on a close reading of Björk’s video, ‘Family’, which addresses questions of immersion in relation to user-experience, staging, and technological innovation. This article draws on the authors’ responses to the video by considering the implications of VR immersion in a new generation of music video productions. As part of the methodology on offer, a model for music analysis is devised for conceptualising virtual audiovisual space (VAVS) and the inextricable relationships between production and compositional design.

https://doi.org/10.3828/msmi.2022.2