Quayola: evolving graphical compositions [1987]

"Quayola is a visual artist based in London. His work simultaneously focuses on multiple forms exploring the space between video, audio, photography, installation, live performance and print. Quayola creates worlds where real substance, such as natural or architectural matter, constantly mutates into ephemeral objects, enabling the real and the artificial to coexist harmoniously. Integrating computer–generated material with recorded sources, he explores the ambiguity of realism in the digital realm.

Working in both the artistic and the commercial field, Quayola intelligently experiment with mediums traditionally perceived as separate. Currently active as Visual Artist, Graphic Designer and Director, he constantly collaborates with a diverse range of musicians, animators, computer programmers and architects. Quayola creates hybrid works blurring the boundaries between art, design and filmmaking."

(Davide Quagliola aka Quayola)

Fig.1 2007/8, Live Audiovisual Performance, 1, 2 or 3ch HD projection | 2ch sound, Duration: 40:00, PTA is a live audio–visual performance focusing on precise synchronisations between sound and image. It is a result of multiple collaborations with various musicians worldwide.

Inspired by waveforms, PTA takes form as a central spine where ever–evolving graphical compositions grow from and within.

Sound by: Autobam, Audion, My My, Peter Spiess, Oliver Hacke, RunStopRestore, JPLS, Hearthrob