You have created commissioned web-installations for Hot Wired, Word’s The Thing, etc. Which personal principles do you follow in your creation?

Usually I try to think about what kind of materials I want to use, I am constantly collecting visuals & audio and I always have a few projects that I am in the middle of. I then set out to create something drawing on my background & past experiences, in most cases what I set out to do and the end result are very different, images that started out clean are distorted, the sounds get cropped into short loops and so on. The mood also changes-sometimes a piece that was meant to be dark and spooky ends up cheerful.

When you made the cover design for Shift this month, what did you imagine and how did you work on it?

I thought that since its just a cover and not the content in-it-self, it should be relatively simple, but, since you referenced the cdr I thought that I’ll do something with the feeling of launching the cdr, it was also important to me that it loads super fast (it’s just the cover after all) and that the music is loud. I used mostly one-bit images that are 1 pixel big, and left the traditional Shift-white background.

The first sound is your computer beeping depending on how long it takes to download the rest, then there is a short drum hit, then sounds created in soundedit 2 and then drums recorded live then sampled and cropped.

Is it important for you to work in New York?

It was for a while but it isn’t any more.

What do you think about Japan?

I am very interested in Japan and I hope to get a chance to go there in the near future.

Who are your favorite visual/graphic designers and sites?

I cant say that I really get a chance to surf these days, the last thing I saw was Yoshi’s c404 & E13, I know, they are also my friends but still I think their stuff is the best stuff out there. I may have stuff to say about both of them but I think it’s best to just check it out when you have more then 5 minutes to burn.

The last question. Do you have any plans for the near future?

Near future; a show in Philly that combines a web installation and a physical installation (June). Also as I mentioned earlier, my new MILDEW project, combining audio and visuals in a live performance.

David Opp / Day-Dream Studio
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