{"id":473,"date":"2021-08-31T01:04:15","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T05:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/?p=473"},"modified":"2021-08-31T01:04:15","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T05:04:15","slug":"gmunk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/scampbell\/gmunk\/","title":{"rendered":"GMUNK"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

GMUNK is a person: Bradley G Munkowitz. GMUNK is also a group, and most of their pieces are collaborations. Munkowitz is a visual design director who has worked on short films, commercials, music videos, installations, digital art exhibitions, and more recently has made non-fungible tokens (NFT). His work often follows themes of identity, the subconscious, the human connection to technology.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n

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You’ve already seen work by GMUNK<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The famous Windows 10 “hero image” is by far their most iconic work.<\/p>\r\n

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I always thought it was computer generated, but it is actually made from pieces of cut glass and an opaque material to block the light, forming the window. Then a projector shines through, and combined with smoke and other effects you get an interesting volumetric “portal”.<\/p>\r\n

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The Windows 10 background is actually made up of many layers combined in software, and there are lots of variations to the main version.<\/p>\r\n

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Installation: Telestron<\/h2>\r\n

My favorite piece by GMUNK is called Telestron. Two giant robot arms perform a choreographed dance inspired by the diurnal cycle. The performance goes through the four seasons, and then enters a charged and chaotic fifth act which represents the damage and disarray inflicted by climate change on the natural cycle.<\/p>\r\n

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On the end of each robot arm is an icosahedral shape with many interesting holes cut in it, and a powerful projector on a swivel mount. LED strips are placed on the vertices inside each shape, so they can glow brightly.<\/p>\r\n

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The images are cool but you really need to watch the performance. The fluid movements combine with the audio to form what looks like an amazing experience.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Floating Alone<\/h2>\r\n

GMUNK has also recently sold some art in the form of NFTs. One example is Floating Alone, an alien artifact imbued with the memories of an entire civilization. A rudimentary consciousness is given to it to protect the data. After millions of years of travel with no contact, the consciousness has mostly died but left behind beautiful patterns.<\/p>\r\n

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A number of versions were sold as NFTs, the version below was sold for $38,888.<\/p>\r\n

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GMUNK is a person: Bradley G Munkowitz. GMUNK is also a group, and most of their pieces are collaborations. Munkowitz is a visual design director who has worked on short films, commercials, music videos, installations, digital art exhibitions, and more recently has made non-fungible tokens (NFT). His work often follows themes of identity, the subconscious,… <\/p>\n

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