PIS: Sound and 2D Digital Artists

Hey, I'm back. Back again.

Another blogging assignment. Oh god.

Topic of discussion: Identifying selected Sound and 2D Digital artists.

Post. No. 1

Sound Artist, Amie Salvin

     Amie Salvin is a Sound Artist based in the UK. Based on her CV she provided on her website, she has ventured into Business, Management, Physical therapies and Audio productions after being graduated from Coventry University in 1977. She focused her primary attention towards sound installations such as the Sophia's Web. She was also mentored by another Sound Artist Ray Lee. Previews of her work are available via her website and her youtube channel as well.
This is an image of one of her installations called, 'Sohpia's Web'. Inspired by the birth of her daughter Sophia, Salvin created an installation that go by the themes of relationship, connection and aspiration.

Each green button emits a recorded voice of per family member when pressed.

What I favor with her recordings were that they were 3 Dimensional, crisp and clear. The varieties of sound and flow are interesting as well.

And I quote her statement on her website,
"If A picture can paint a thousand words then A SOUND CAN TRIGGER A MILLION MIND IMAGES. 'My aim, in producing sound-centred work, is to stimulate an absorption in and appreciation of the many and various ways in which sound can be used to represent and illuminate ideas, issues and voices. I hope to make my audience laugh, cry and think, through their ears (so to speak!)" - Amie Salvin


2D Digital artist, David Ho

David Ho is a born Chinese-American who obtained is Sociology degree from UC Berkley later took Bachelor Degree in Fine Arts and Art History from the San Jose State University. He worked as a digital illustrator for many clients like Corona Beer, Simon & Schuster, Random House, The Source Magazine, Chicago Tribune, Interscope Records, Ziff Davis. 

He also displayed is artworks at numerous exhibitions, being the Disney Underground Art at Disneyland, Anaheim as one of them. He had books published from the year 1999 to his most recent book in 2012, 'Answers of Silence'. However, after 15 years of working as a freelance designer, he decided to pursue fine arts instead.

His art are mostly dark and metallic, as described in his website. It contains despair, grief and isolation as well as sexual disturbances. That may be his theme. This definition is derived from his website, quoted by Mr Randy M Dannenfelser.

What I think is that his art is very much inspired by Surrealism. Artists like Rene Magritte and Salvador Dali could be the main culprits of his direction.

 Below are some of his commercial works that he did.