Product Description
Environmental Multimedia Art
A gorgeous multimedia collaboration between the ambient music of pianist Ben Dowling and the evolving wide-screen imagery of visionary painter Mark Wagner. With rave reviews from around the world, The Path of Peace represents a new face of environmental ambient art, generating a multi-sensory field of contemplative, unhurried loveliness.
The Path of Peace is currently used in galleries, hospitals, health centers, cancer wards, spas, meditation centers, yoga studios, churches and spiritual centers, family therapy sessions, correctional institutions, hospice wards, stress clinics, public spaces and more...
The Path of Peace is a multimedia ambient art form - playable for extended periods of time without dominating the center of attention or feeling repetitive. This breakthrough product design provides an enormous value to the user, since it is more akin to an "environmental software installation" than the usual application and nature of theatrical DVDs - which lose their impact after a few viewings.
Art as the Cure
Rate Points :5.0
Binding :Audio CD
Label :Visionsound Innovative Arts
Manufacturer :Visionsound Innovative Arts
ProductGroup :Music
Studio :Visionsound Innovative Arts
Publisher :Visionsound Innovative Arts
UPC :634479472091
EAN :0634479472091
Price :$24.95USD
Lowest Price :$18.46USD
Customer ReviewsThe Path of Peace Video Demo
Rating Point :5 Helpful Point :1
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R3B0MO39V0311G This is a video demonstration of the Environmental Ambient multimedia piece, The Path of Peace - by Visionsound - a collaboration featuring the contemplative music of pianist, Ben Dowling and the visual artistry of painter, Mark Wagner - unfolding in fluid and evolving motion.
The Path of Peace runs counter to the fast pace of contemporary life at the same time it represents an important new phase in the evolution of transformational multimedia arts. Released on DualDisc, the work features 53 minutes of both CD audio - and on the flip side (DVD-Video) - an inspired fusion of "visual music," in all its surround-sound and wide-screen glory.
If ever there was an environment needing quiet, unhurried loveliness, The Path of Peace fits the bill perfectly. The Path of Peace (DualDisc)
Rating Point :5 Helpful Point :3
"The Path of Peace" is an incredible collaborative project that merges the music of pianist/composer Ben Dowling and the visual artistry of Mark Wagner onto the first DualDisc of an ambient art series. One side of the disc is a CD of Dowlings solo piano music only, and the flip side is a DVD multimedia presentation of the music and Wagners original drawings, paintings, and video scoring. Combining music and artwork is not a new concept, but this disc pioneers new technology in collaborative arts. The music was designed to generate an environmental space in the hopes of slowing the pace of peoples lives and providing a healing respite to relieve anxiety and stress at all levels. The artists envisioned practical applications "for personal inner peace in health, therapy, hospice, incarceration and post-traumatic care as well as, more broadly, consciousness raising for an increasingly sensory overloaded and warlike world." To quote Dowling, "These are times when its vital for artists to consider the environment for which we create. This is a work about peace that doubles as a great way to get there."
"The Path of Peace," seven years in the making, was begun when Dowling was experimenting with recording original piano compositions using 5.1 surround-sound technology. He discovered that the music needed to be very slow and spatial to be most effective in this format, and developed a new style of playing for himself that embraces the technology. The piano sound on this recording is stunning - clean, clear, and resonant. After composing the music, Dowling started working on his own visual imagery for the project, finding himself overwhelmed. When visiting Wagner on a family vacation, Wagner showed Dowling his artwork and told him about his experimental work using iMovie on his Mac. Dowling explained his own project and Wagner ran with it, creating the visual images to combine with Dowlings haunting music. "As I started placing my images to Bens music, I noticed that I began to slow down. The slow pacing created an enchanting quality. Its a little bit like looking at an ocean for a few days. After a while, it begins to work on you." Most of the visuals are abstract or non-objective, allowing the viewer to interpret them in their own way or to simply experience the colors and shapes as they evolve to the music. The visuals move very slowly and peacefully - sometimes gradually panning in and out, sometimes moving in a circular motion, sometimes in layers. The effect is hypnotic and intoxicating, soothing beyond anything I can describe. I have experienced the project several times, finding myself drawn in and suspended in time. Even on my small laptop computer, the effect is mesmerizing. With a bigger screen and better speakers, its even more compelling. The CD by itself is exceptionally good, but the project as a whole is phenomenal and needs to be experienced.
I give "The Path of Peace" my highest recommendation, and hope to interview one or both artists very soon. Treat yourself and your loved ones to an extraordinary sensory experience! Wow!
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