Is there anything unique in the way that electronic music plots? Perhaps that’s not noticeable or even important to other people, but it is to me.
There’s no doubt much quicker, automated ways to do this but I prefer retaining a human element in the process. I draw every track individually, plotting the bars against the original soundwave by hand. There’s no way to put a number on it, but I do listen to tracks several times while making each artwork. What’s the process for making these prints? How many times do you have to listen to each track to get them right? I didn’t realize at the time, but Waveform got me developing my work for the creative design industry - it became a springboard to escape a job and career I hated. I gravitated towards visualising the music I love: rave, electronic and synth-driven stuff by Aphex Twin, Altern-8, Kraftwerk, 808 State and so on.
One afternoon, a science teacher saw my sketches, and encouraged me to develop them further. It was here I discovered really odd-looking sound diagrams from the early 20th century, which triggered something in me: I’d sit drawing different ways to interpret sound whenever I could, sketching various shapes and line styles. At break times I’d hide in the library to escape the madness, where I’d find myself scanning old physics textbooks. In practice, it was a really oppressive environment: the school was badly managed - in two years of employment they burned through five headteachers and had a huge staff turnover. My job at the time was split between being, and support worker for kids with difficulties fitting in with mainstream education. Waveform started roughly seven years ago, back when I was working at a secondary school. How did you get into making this art? Are you a big time music fan yourself? Here Szabo-Haslam talks about the inspiration behind his art, and plotting out those massive drops. artist Alex Szabo-Haslam, who was inspired to start making the prints in homage to his favorite electronic artists including Aphex Twin and Autechre. Mayan Warrior, One of Burning Man's Flashiest Art Cars, Is Bringing Mexican Culture to the Playa…
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