'A Swarm of Sound': Audiovisual Immersion in Björk's VR Video 'Family'. Issue 1 (1st July 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: BRESLER, ZACK; HAWKINS, STAN
• Is Part Of: Music, sound and the moving image. Volume 16:Issue 1(2022)
• Page Start: 29
• Page End: 52
• Publication Date: 2022-07-01
• Subjects: music video -- Björk -- immersion -- spatiality -- virtual reality (VR) -- popular music; Sound -- Periodicals; Motion picture music -- Periodicals; Television music -- Periodicals; Computer game music -- Periodicals; Mixed media (Music) -- Periodicals; Digital art -- Music -- Periodicals; 778.5344
• DOI: 10.3828/msmi.2022.2
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1753-0768

Abstract

Abstract : This article explores the idea of audiovisual immersion through the portal of the virtual reality music video. Our focus falls on a close reading of Björk's video, 'Family', which addresses questions of immersion in relation to user-experience, staging, and technological innovation. This article draws on the authors' responses to the video by considering the implications of VR immersion in a new generation of music video productions. As part of the methodology on offer, a model for music analysis is devised for conceptualising virtual audiovisual space (VAVS) and the inextricable relationships between production and compositional design.