dentsu: paint sound sculptures

Dentsu, the world’s largest single-brand agency for almost 40 years, provides a comprehensive range of advertising and marketing services based on our unique “Integrated Communication Design” approach. While continuing to pursue innovation in the digital arena, we are active in the marketing of sports and entertainment content on a global scale.

The creative studio dentsu, teamed up with photographer linden gledhill to create this series

of paint sculptures using sound vibrations. the series was part of a campaign for canon’s

pixma ink printer brand. the photographs and videos begin by wrappinga membrane around

a small speaker. ink drops were placed on this membrane and the speaker was turned on.

once it began to vibrate the ink begins to jump up and down. high-speed video cameras

and still cameras were used to capture this including circling around the sculptures to see

them from all angles. experimenting with different sounds and frequencies created the various

pieces.

http://www.dentsu.com

Throughout 2011 we were kept regularly updated with Marchand’s gig poster work featured in Social Contract’s Poster Picks almost every Tuesday. The ever-impressive designer/illustrator’s latest work is also music related – the CD cover design & 18 page booklet for SA rock band Van Coke Kartel’s newly released album Wie’s Bang?. He takes us through the process, “I started by taking photos around my room and mashing them up into a photo collage of a skull. I incorporated embroidery to make the image of the skull softer for the mass market. I used a spot UV to do the same with the illustration of the skull over the faces.” The photos are by Jaco “Snakehead” Venter.

Other new work from Marchand can be seen on his Behance profile.

www.marchand.co.za

@MR_MARCHAND