Where Dharma Meets Technology Meets Art
MANDALA PUBLICATIONS, APRIL-JUNE 2013
I always had these digital art projects that I didn’t really have a name for. I often used to call them “useless programs.” It was kind of a defensive name because that was what some of my professors called them in school. They were pure, like being in a dream or abstract film, but interactive. There are ways of using the computer screen just as a pure light abstraction, movement, color – a new art form.
Behind The Release: Philip Glass Rework
JUSTIN COLLETTI, SONICSCOOP, JANUARY 24TH, 2013
"By December, Beck had curated a new double-album worth of remixes titled Rework, and Scott Snibbe, the creator of Björk’s Biophilia app, developed a hotly anticipated custom program to go along with it."
Rework (Philip Glass Remixed) app by Snibbe Studio
BRUCE STERLING, WIRED, DECEMBER 13, 2012
"One has to admire the taut professionalism of a thing like this"
REWORK (Philip Glass Remixed) by Snibbe Studio
FILIP VISNJIC, CREATIVE APPLICATIONS, DECEMBER 13, 2012
“This is a way for people who don’t have the experience of manipulating music material to see what it’s like”
Exploring Scott Snibbe's New App Album For Philip Glass' _REWORK, Featuring Beck, Amon Tobin, Nosaj Thing, And More
ABDULLAH SAEED, THE CREATORS PROJECT, DEC 13 2012
"The space of computer-rendered interactive music visualization is virtually limitless, and the app format is ideal because of the intimate touch screen. "
A Magical App For Exploring A Philip Glass Remix By Beck
MARK WILSON, FASTCO DESIGN, DECEMBER 12, 2012
"We see the app album as a new way to bring back that engrossing experience we used to have of buying a musical album and putting it on the record player for the first time, sitting on the floor and reading the liner notes and looking at the album art."
Interactivity as a Medium
STANFORD LECTURE, NOVEMBER 20, 2012
In the first lecture of the 23rd year of the Human-Computer Interaction Seminar, Scott Snibbe--interactive artist and app creator--explores human perception and using computers to create alternate forms of reality.
Interview: Scott Snibbe, interactive media artist
SUBMARINE CHANNEL, SEPTEMBER 3, 2012
We talked to Scott at Picnic, a festival about the future in Amsterdam. He recently released Biophilia, an Ipad app album developed in cooperation with Bjork.
Q&A With Scott Snibbe, Designer of Passion Pit's New Interactive App
SHEENA LYONNAIS, TORONTO STANDARD, AUGUST 2ND, 2012
“By bringing in an app experience, we bring back a multi-sensory experience to music”
Passion Pit’s Beautiful Gossamer App Is Worthwhile for Fans
ELIOT VAN BUSKIRK, EVOLVER.FM, JULY 25, 2012
“I learned about this pattern in college and it always fascinated me because it relates to everything from the structure of cells to the gravitational influence of stars."
Remix This Band's Latest Album, Using Their iPad App
MARK WILSON, FASTCO DESIGN, JULY 25, 2012
"With each tap of your finger, a new polygon cuts its way into a dynamic, throbbing mosaic. Depending on the track and mode you’re playing (there are two tracks, each with two modes), you can do some interesting things with these unpredictable shapes."
SCOTT SNIBBE AND PASSION PIT COLLABORATE ON THE NEWEST ‘APP EP’
INDIE-MUSIC.COM, JULY 22, 2012
"Mobile applications as music distribution are gaining momentum. And many artists, like Passion Pit bassist Jeff Apruzzese, approve. "
Passion Pit Releases An "App EP" For Gossamer
JULIA KAGANSKIY, THE CREATORS PROJECT, JULY 19, 2012
“As the old ‘traditional’ model of the music industry and selling records continues to change, bands will need to adapt to keep up. As a musician, this is a great opportunity to collaborate with artists to create a whole different aspect of your music and create a living brand.”
Artist Scott Snibbe Discusses Bjork, Passion Pit And The Future Of The MP3
KATHERINE BROOKS, HUFFINGTON POST, JULY 18, 2012
"The touch-screen offers more freedom because there is no physical world to push against."
Passion Pit: Gossamer – New interactive music app by Scott Snibbe Studio
FILIP VISNJIC, CREATIVE APPLICATIONS, JUNE 19, 2012
The “Passion Pit: Gossamer” by Scott Snibbe Studio is a new interactive music app for iPhone and iPad that combines voronoi diagram with album imagery to allow you to interact with the band’s music video or create new melodies using the samples provided.
Interactive Music
HOLLYWOOD 2.0 PODCAST, MAY 27, 2012
Scott Snibbe, founder of Snibbe Interactive and Scott Snibbe Studio, discusses the creation of Biophilia, Bjork's interactive album.
Meet Interactive Artist Scott Snibbe And Watch Him Create Visuals For Passion Pit's Webby Performance
THE CREATORS PROJECT, MAY 22, 2012
“If you listen to the lyrics, you realize the song is about the financial bubble, so we used this fractured bubble-like imagery to suggest that, and to evolve towards the uplifting feeling Passion Pit suggests as the song progresses – moving from simplicity, to complexity, to simplicity again.”
INTERVIEW WITH SCOTT SNIBBE
MARANDA PLEASANT, ORIGIN, MAY 10, 2012
One of my motivations was to create experiences that counter the neuroses that you typically have with computers and with mobile devices.
Nature’s digitizer
JASCHA HOFFMAN, NATURE, MAY 10, 2012
"Other fields are limited by money, equipment and the laws of nature. But with computers, the only limits are technical ability, ingenuity and imagination."
REDDIT AMA
REDDIT AMA, 2012
"I'm Scott Snibbe, interactive artist, entrepreneur, and designer of apps for Björk and Passion Pit. AMA."