What if, instead of just putting paint on a canvas, you could hear its colors? Thanks to musician Camry Ivory, you can now generate music by painting with her invention, the Coloratura, which she calls a “system of musical paintbrushes.” Ivory started designing the Coloratura in 2015 as a one-time performance piece for downtown Kansas City’s Art in the Loop Series, reports KCUR-FM. Since then, she’s been improving the instrument as a way to literally create sound with paint. Featuring an easel with a metal canvas, 12 brushes for each note and pots of paint, the Coloratura connects each brush using wires to a circuit board, which sends a signal to her computer and music production software to create different notes. Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles Having been inspired by...
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS John Lurie catches up with Kyle Meredith to talk about Season 2 of Painting with John, his HBO series that finds the musician, painter, actor, director, and producer creating his watercolor masterpieces while giving us all insight into his life, philosophies, and often-bizarre adventures. Related Video The Lounge Lizards co-founder takes us inside a recurring sketch called “Cowboy Beckett” that weaves throughout this new season and how it took inspiration from Ennio Morricone. He also tells us why he gravitated toward watercolors, and how he comes up with the titles of his paintings, which sometimes tell complete stories thems...
Apparently Zeds Dead‘s art doesn’t just stop at next-level electronic music. Hooks, one-half of the beloved duo and an avid painter, will showcase his work at an upcoming art gallery dubbed “Paintdemic.” Scheduled for this weekend in Downtown LA’s Arts District, the event will feature—you guessed it—a series of artworks that Hooks created while in quarantine during the global lockdown period. A quick look through Hooks’ Instagram is all it takes to see that his talent for painting mirrors his prowess in the studio. Any fan who wants to take home a rare Zeds Dead keepsake should add “Paintdemic” to their weekend plans. Presented by Zeds Dead’s fan-favorite record label Deadbeats, the display will open tomorrow, O...