Chris Milk
Chris Milk | |
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Employer | Within (formerly Vrse[3]) |
Known for | Virtual reality, immersive art, music videos |
Website | Milk.co |
Chris Milk is an American
Milk's work has been exhibited in museums worldwide, including the
Milk was named one of
Early life
Milk was born in Glen Cove, New York. After attending Friends Academy High School, Milk studied Music and Film at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and then earned a B.F.A. in Film, Photography and Computer Graphics at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, California.[12]
Career
Music videos, commercials, short films and interactive
Milk began his career directing music videos and commercials for artists and brands including
Milk's collaboration with
Milk's collaboration with
Also in 2010, Milk created "The Johnny Cash Project", a collaboration with Aaron Koblin set to the Johnny Cash song "Ain't No Grave".[23] In the interactive music video, users can submit drawn frames to be curated into an animated short film built upon a myriad of frames submitted by different users.[24] As a result, the video constantly evolves and can be arranged by a set of various criteria.[25][26] Users can elect to view the highest rated frames, or all frames that are done in a pointillist or abstract style, for example.[23] NPR suggested that the digital experience allowed fans to connect with Cash posthumously.[27]
In 2011, Milk collaborated again with Aaron Koblin and Google Creative Lab on the interactive short film "3 Dreams of Black" based on the track of the same name from the Danger Mouse album Rome, which features Daniele Luppi, Jack White and Norah Jones.[28] Here, Milk used WebGL to turn a user's web browser into a canvas for creating 3D objects within an interactive, CGI setting.[29] When viewing the film, which is also told from first person perspective, users can control the vantage point with the use of their mouse. As the user's mouse hovers over the browser window playing the film, 3D objects appear and proliferate within the world of the film. Users can create additional 3D objects to add to the film within the film's website.[29]
In 2008, Milk directed Second Unit for "A Mother's Promise", the film that introduced Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention.[30]
Immersive installations
Milk collaborated with
In 2012, Milk created "The Treachery of Sanctuary", an interactive immersive art installation currently touring the world with The Creators Project.[35] It is a large-scale interactive installation that utilizes the Microsoft Kinect to project and manipulate a participant's shadow onto a triptych. In the first panel, shadows of birds congregate to form the participant's shadow. In the second panel, the participant's shadow is torn apart by the birds. In the third, the participant's shadow sprouts wings, allowing the shadow to fly out of the frame as the participant flaps their arms. The triptych created a cycle that according to Milk interprets the universal human experience of birth, death and transfiguration.[36] "The Treachery of Sanctuary" was exhibited at the Onassis Cultural center in Greece,[37] and was selected to be a part of the Sundance Film Festival's New Frontier exhibition in January 2016.[38]
Also in 2012, Milk collaborated with Aaron Koblin to create "The Exquisite Forest", a collaborative online experience that allows participants to create branching animated narratives.[39] In the piece, a series of trees represent a series of narratives, each beginning with the seed of an initial animation. As participants create new animations to add to the narrative, the animated trees branch out, creating a representation of the multiple narratives spawned by user input.[40] The piece was exhibited at the Tate Modern in London between 2012 and 2013.[41]
Virtual reality
Milk's first virtual reality production was a collaboration with musical artist Beck entitled "Sound and Vision".[42] The project was initially released online, giving viewers the choice to watch Beck perform from the vantage point of different 360 degree cameras, and further allowed viewers to use their computer's mouse to change their viewing perspective.[43] Milk invented a binaural audio recording instrument[42] in order to capture sound in a 3D environment to mimic real life human experience. The result allows the audio to shift perspective in accordance with what the viewer is seeing, creating a natural virtual experience for the audience member. In the tradition of his work on "The Wilderness Downtown" and Rome, Milk utilized modern technologies to further expand the viewing experience: viewers could enable their computer's webcam to shift the perspective of the 360 video up, down, left and right with the tilt of their head.[44]
In 2014, Milk and
Virtual reality projects
Through Within[53] and Vrse.works, Milk has explored Virtual Reality as a means to tell documentaries, narratives, and share live experiences.[54][55]
In December 2014, Milk and
Videography
Music videos
2015
- U2 - "Song for Someone"
2013
- Beck - "Sound and Vision"
2011
2010
- The Wilderness Downtown"
- Johnny Cash - "Ain't No Grave/The Johnny Cash Project"
2008
2006
- Kanye West featuring Lupe Fiasco - "Touch the Sky"
- Gnarls Barkley - "Gone Daddy Gone"
- U2 & Green Day - "The Saints Are Coming"
2005
- Natasha Bedingfield - "These Words" (North American Version – Boom Boxes)
- Audioslave - "Doesn't Remind Me"
2004
- Courtney Love - "Mono"
- Kanye West featuring Syleena Johnson - "All Falls Down"
- Kanye West - "Jesus Walks" (Version 2 – Chain Gang/KKK Burning Cross)
- Jet - "Rollover DJ"
- Modest Mouse - "Ocean Breathes Salty"
- John Mellencamp - "Walk Tall"
2003
- The Chemical Brothers featuring The Flaming Lips - "The Golden Path"
Television commercials
2007
- Nike "Monument", "Practice", "Grundle", "Leaving", "Passion", "Nicknames"
2006
- L.L.Bean "Testing for Life", "Mt. Washington", "The Search"
2004
2003
- Philips "Vinyl", "Walking the Dog"
2002
- Nintendo GameCube "Rush Holiday"
2001
- Nintendo Paper Mario "CutOut"
2000
- Telstra "Betty (Greyhounds)" [1] Archived 2018-08-09 at the Wayback Machine
1999
- 3DO BattleTanx: Global Assault "The Six Million Dollar Bear"
- Terminate "Vendomatic"
year unknown
Personal life
Of his practice of Transcendental Meditation Milk said in 2016, "There's a really transcendental quality to virtual reality. ... TM is a really great portal into exploring those states within yourself. Virtual reality is basically an authored dream state."[62]
References
- ^ Parkin, Simon (30 June 2014). "Chris Milk: the digital artist making music videos fly into the future". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
- ^ "Bio - Chris Milk". Milk.co (official website.
Milk was born and raised in Glen Cove NY, and lives in Los Angeles)
- ^ "The VR company Vrse is changing its name to Within, and about to spend $12.56 million of VC money". Wired.
- ^ "WITHIN". WITHIN.
- ISSN 1357-0978. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
- ^ "Silicon Beach 25: L.A.'s Most Powerful Digital Players". The Hollywood Reporter. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
- ^ "The Adweek Creative 100: America's Most Inventive Talent in Marketing, Media and Tech".
- ^ "Creativity 50 2011: Chris Milk and Aaron Koblin". adage.com. 6 June 2011. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ^ "Creativity 50 2015 All Stars: Chris Milk and Aaron Koblin". adage.com. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
- ^ "83. Chris Milk". Fast Company. 27 April 2012. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ^ "The birth of virtual reality as an art form".
- ^ "Academy of Art University Notable Alumni". Academy of Art University. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
- ^ "Chris Milk Filmography". Radical Media.
- ^ "Last Day Dream". Vimeo. 14 April 2009.
- ^ ""How Virtual Reality Can Created The Ultimate Empathy Machine" - Chris Milk at TED".
- ^ "The Wilderness Downtown – official website".
- ^ Ehrlich, Brenna (August 30, 2010). "Arcade Fire's Experimental New Video Shows What's Possible with HTML5". Mashable.
- ^ "Chrome Experiments - Arcade Fire". Chrome Experiments. Archived from the original on 2015-11-19.
- ^ "Wilderness Machine". Twitter.
- ^ Sanburn, Josh (July 26, 2011). "The 30 All-TIME Best Music Videos". Time.
- ^ "Chris Milk - MoMA". www.moma.org.
- ^ "MoMA - Talk to Me - Wilderness Downtown". MoMA. 2010.
- ^ a b "The Johnny Cash Project". Official Website.
- ^ "The Johnny Cash Project". MIT Open Documentary Lab. MIT.
- ^ Ehrlich, Brenna (October 27, 2010). "Crowd-Sourced Johnny Cash Music Video Is a Work of Digital Art". Mashable.
- ^ Kuang, Cliff (April 14, 2010). "The Johnny Cash Project: A 'Living Portrait'". Fast Company.
- ^ NPR Staff (February 5, 2011). "A Chance to Work With Johnny Cash Beyond The 'Grave'". NPR.
- ^ "3 Dreams of Black". Official website.
- ^ a b "3 Dreams of Black". Chrome Experiments. Google Data Arts Team.
- ^ "A Mother's Promise - Full Cast & Crew". IMDb.
- ^ "Arcade Fire and Chris Milk". The Creators Project. 10 May 2011.
- ^ Gensler, Andy (April 14, 2011). "Coachella to Feature 'Mind-Blowing' Visuals by Arcade Fire..." Billboard.
- ^ "Chris Milk Bio". Vrse.works. Archived from the original on 2015-12-22.
- ^ Ajith, Sanjana (December 2, 2015). "Throwback: When Arcade Fire Stunned The Crowd With Massive Balls That Lit Up". Festival Sherpa.
Many have described it as the best festival moment of their lives.
- ^ "The Treachery of Sanctuary". Official website.
- ^ "The Treachery of Sanctuary". The Creators Project. 12 June 2012.
- ^ "Digital Revolution". Onassis Cultural Center.
- ^ "Sundance Institute Celebrates New Frontier 10th Anniversary at 2016 Festival". Sundance Institute. December 3, 2015.
- ^ "The Exquisite Forest". Official Website.
- ^ "The Exquisite Forest". Chrome Experiments. Google Data Arts Lab. July 19, 2012.
- ^ Burton, Jane (July 20, 2012). "Explore 'This Exquisite Forest' with Google and Tate". The Tate Modern.
- ^ a b Fera, Rae Ann (February 22, 2013). "A New Vision For Sound: Chris Milk Breaks Down How 'Beck: Hello, Again' Was Made". Fast Company.
- ^ Watercutter, Angela (February 19, 2013). "Navigate Beck's Performance of 'Sound and Vision' as a 360-Degree Interactive Video". WIRED.
- ^ Robertson, Adi (February 19, 2013). "Watch Beck's lush cover of David Bowie's 'Sound and Vision' with 360-degree interactive cameras". The Verge.
- ^ "Virtual Reality Startup VRse Raises $12.56 Million, Rebrands as Within". The Hollywood Reporter. 16 June 2016.
- ^ "Vrse". Official website.
- ^ Johnson, Eric (October 2015). "Virtual Reality is 'The Last Medium,' Says Filmmaker and Within CEO Chris Milk (Q&A)". Re/Code.
- ^ "Vrse.works Becomes Here Be Dragons, Adds to Executive Team". 29 June 2016.
- ^ "The Creators". Vrse.works. Archived from the original on 2015-12-06.
- ^ "List of Projects". Vrse.
- ^ Hipes, Patrick (January 22, 2015). "Annapurna Launching Virtual Reality Division". Deadline Hollywood.
- ^ "Compatible Platforms". Vrse.
- ^ "Virtual-reality company Vrse redubs itself within, raises $13 million".
- ^ Watercutter, Angela (October 27, 2015). "Apple Showcases Its VR Dreams - With a U2 Video". WIRED.
- ^ Moynihan, Tim (October 21, 2015). "The NYT Is About to Launch VR's Big Mainstream Moment". WIRED.
- ^ "Chris Milk, Spike Jonze, and VICE News Bring the First-Ever Virtual Reality Newscast to Sundance". VICE News. 23 January 2015.
- ^ Watercutter, Angela (October 26, 2015). "At Sundance, The VR Filmmaking Revolution Is Officially Underway". WIRED.
- ^ Joyce, Kevin (March 15, 2015). "Vrse Record Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary For VR". VR Focus.
- ^ Watercutter, Angela (December 3, 2015). "Watercutter, Angela "Big Hollywood Is Getting Into The VR Game At Sundance". WIRED.
- ^ Matney, Lucas (October 28, 2015). "Apple Shows Off First-Ever Piece of Virtual Reality Content with U2 Music Video". TechCrunch.
- ^ Trendell, Andrew (November 4, 2015). "Have You Seen Muse's Insane New Video Yet". Gigwise.
- ^ Salud, April (2 November 2016). "As Twin Peaks Nears, David Lynch Returns In Full Force". Buzzfeed. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
External links
- milk.co
- Vrse
- Vrse.works
- Chris Milk at IMDb
Chris Milk at TED