Music is in everything. Novak uses his own language of animated geometric forms to showcase the musicality he sees in life, whether on a wall, a building, or your next cup of coffee. In this project, Novak interprets the musical history of twelve sites along 14th Street. The audience can walk the street with a mobile device (smartphone or tablet) and hold it up to a site to hear a song that links to its history accompanied by Novak’s animated colors and shapes. The real world will become ‘augmented’ with virtual objects that exist indefinitely in cyberspace.
Shannon Novak
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Shannon Novak is an artist based in New Zealand, exploring the interrelationships between sound, color, form, time, space, and social context. He has exhibited internationally, with exhibitions in Auckland, Sydney, Denver, and Dallas, and co-founded West Gallery at The University of Auckland in 2012.