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SKYRIS
2016MUSIC + ART PROJECT
SKYRIS WAS A PROJECT I built with two friends, Cory Rivera and Adam Weiner. The vision was to add layers of meaning to music on multiple dimensions.
For example: the first idea was a physical art piece that linked to music through a digital platform. The aim was to provide the physicality of vinyl records in the modern age of digital music.
THIS IS HOW IT WORKED: First, someone would buy a physical “Skyris-enabled” art piece. We called these Skyprints. These were visual art pieces, held inside an elegant black sleeve.
I kept a sealed Skyprint box, which I recently opened. Here is an unboxing video that shows what it looked like:
ON THE BACK OF EVERY SKYPRINT was a unique code you would enter on the Skyris website. This would register you as the owner of the print, and give you access to a digital world created by the musician, supplementing the song.
This world could include photographs of things that inspired the music, or that related to its creation. For example: video of the artist talking about the song and what it meant to them; handwritten lyrics; alternate versions; etc...
In this way, artists could add layers of meaning to their music, helping people connect with it more deeply.
In this way, artists could add layers of meaning to their music, helping people connect with it more deeply.
WE RELEASED A PROMOTIONAL VIDEO introducing our vision and intention:
EVENTUALLY WE CLOSED THE DOOR on this project. While it evolved through several iterations, we left it behind in 2016 for other pursuits.
