Andy Thomas (Australian, born 1976); Digital audio, 3D particle effects software; Courtesy of Andy Thomas

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1501, Visual Sounds of the Amazon, 2016

Its medium is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdfhozzigc0&.

Andy Thomas went to the Amazon to collect audio. He used particle effects animation software to visualize the sounds of birds and insects.

Andy Thomas (Australian, born 1976); Sounds recorded by Andy Thomas and Reynier Omena Junior in and around Presidente Figueiredo, State of Amazonas, Brazil, 2016; 2:00 minutes; Digital audio, 3D particle effects software; Courtesy of Andy Thomas
  • Poster, The Sound
  • offset lithograph on white wove paper.
  • Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie J. Schreyer.
  • 1979-34-27

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