“Visual Bird Sounds” as an exhibition celebrating the beauty of nature filtered through the lens of technology. With this exhibition Andy Thomas studies the communication of birds transformed into a visual language.
He uses 3D software to reflect nature back on itself by creating visual bird sounds, which often reflects the visual appearance of the subject matter. Andy Thomas is also fascinated with the idea of visualising sound, especially the sounds of nature which he has seen very clearly in his imagination all of his life.
Andy Thomas specializes in creating “audio life forms” and visualising sound.
Beautiful abstract shapes that react to sounds and reflect the subject matter using particle effects software to simulate physical properties such as smoke, liquid and growing plants.
Sound recordings and photographs of Birds and other animals are gathered by the artist through field trips into remote natural habitats around the world. The collected data is creatively animated using motion graphics software to create visually stimulating video and 2D digital art works. Inspired by the beauty of nature and extensive travel to some of the world’s most ancient rainforests, Thomas fuses together images of flora and fauna into evolved abstract forms. Intricately layered compositions of plants and animals make a strong statement of technology’s impact on planet earth and how advancements in society are affecting the natural systems of life. He has worked with artists such as Bjork and Empire of the Sun creating stage concert visuals and large format projection works in galleries around the world, He is also famous for creating visual bird sounds. Over the last three decades Andy Thomas has developed an iconic visual language that is uniquely his own.
