Telefon Tel Aviv x EFFIXX
NFT Collaboration
Media / style
Digital Sculpture
Original Score
Sound Design
Realtime / Game Engine Visuals
Film & Video
Summary
Kinetic sculpture & sound installation captured and presented as cinematic vignettes

About
EFFIXX creative director Anthony Ciannamea is working with music composer & performer Telefon Tel Aviv on a series of NFT collections, starting with an initial set of digital, kinetic sculptures, entitled Cenacle of Faith.

The duo aims to capture their 30+ years of collective experience in combining motion, light, and sound in physical and virtual space to the world of tokenized art collectibles.

The following is a work-in-progress peek at what these two artists are developing for an initial drop concept.
I. Cenacle of Faith
The first drop — a three-part collection
The inaugural collection will feature cinematic, photorealistic renderings of three hyper-real digital sculptures — a kind of virtual documentation of physical sculptures that could exist in a real gallery environment if the laws of physics were bent. Impossible angles, lighting, and textures bring the sculptures to life and ethereal soundscapes permeate the molecules in between speculative materials & textures.


Part I: The Wraith

Twisting, obsidian fractals are charged with energetic light in an ever-evolving looping timelapse

Part II: The Dilettante

Digital metallic filings march, magnetically and aimlessly towards the shiniest light

Part III: The Thread

Crystalline structures twitch, convulse, and oscillate in a delicate balance of natural beauty and violence
About The Artists
Telefon Tel Aviv and EFFIXX both have extensive backgrounds as touring artists creating immersive audiovisual performances and using emerging creative technology on stage and in the studio. The shared language of motion + light + sound makes this a rare and special collaborative opportunity.


Telefon Tel Aviv creates experimental electronic music which filters a wide variety of intense emotions through highly advanced sound design. Formed in New Orleans by Joshua Eustis and Charles Cooper, the project made its debut in 2001 with Fahrenheit Fair Enough, a collection of glitchy, melodic IDM instrumentals. Earning critical acclaim as well as devoted fans, the duo released more accessible efforts such as the synth pop-influenced 2009 full-length Immolate Yourself. Following Cooper's unexpected death, Eustis continued TTA as a solo venture while additionally working with Nine Inch Nails, as well as other projects such as Second Woman. Dreams Are Not Enough, the first TTA full-length in a decade, arrived in 2019.
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EFFIXX is the studio practice of creative director Anthony Ciannamea, an artist and designer whose work spans broadly from photography, animation, graphic design, lighting, and digital art. Primarily a motion designer and director, his work in commercial content production and fine art tends to embrace a combination of analog and digital tools, with a keen sense for the role which music and sound play in an experience. Most well-known for his role in overseeing creation of the metafiction surrounding the release of Deru "1979", Ciannamea has since focused on forming a studio that works closely with musicians and brands on visual concepts and experience design. Notable clients include artists like Moby, Son Lux, Joe Trapanese, The Echo Society, Com Truise, Shigeto as well as brands like VSCO, Sony, Nike, Ghostly, and Specialized.
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