Midnight Juggernauts are gearing up to release their third
LP, Uncanny Valley sometimes in the very near future. We have already shared
the clever video for “Ballad Of The War Machine” and today the Aussies, in
conjunction with the Creators Project, have dropped an equally creative video
for “Memorium” Check it out below along with a description of the project…
Hybrid art/technology piece visually documenting the
evolution of CGI
WIREFRAME MEMORIES: A CHRONOLOGICAL TOUR THROUGH THE PIONEER YEARS OF CGI
“With Computer Generated Imagery now a standard feature of our visual language
and often indistinguishable from reality, we decided to take a long look back
to the genesis of this technology. Well before the blockbuster milestones and
mainstream acceptance, we chart CGI's origins mid last century within the
experimental computer labs of universities, corporations, and various
trailblazing individuals. These were the pioneer years of CGI.
From the groundbreaking years of these first footprints, we follow the
evolution of the technology as each new trial grows more ambitious and complex.
From basic science/engineering line animations and wireframe oddities, to 3D
and artistic experimentation, and the first trials to replicate human likeness
and emotion. While some may seem crude by today's standards these watershed
trials and experimental demos were all key critical building blocks.
In a field which quickly casts aside milestones as each new technological
advance is superseded, this study sheds light on the pioneers and achievements
which paved the way. Of the early innovators featured here, some went on
to teach, a few disappeared, others started massive software companies, and
some are running Pixar.
Contemplating this subject of early digital footprints of technology, the band
realized it reflected similar themes to their song "Memorium." They each recount
a tracing through discarded remnants of the past. It seemed logical to combine
the two pieces, and so this visual homage was created.”
