FUTURE OF STORYTELLING, SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

When asked what he does for a living, Scott Snibbe tells people that he “designs useless programs.” In reality, he spends much of his time thinking about how to revolutionize music. It is only in recent years that music has become a spectator sport—something we watch and listen to rather than participate in through dance, playing instruments or song.

Human Cultural Evolution - An App for That?: Scott Snibbe talks at TEDxMonterey

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.

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."

BRUCE STERLING, WIRED, DECEMBER 13, 2012

"One has to admire the taut professionalism of a thing like this"

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”

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. "

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."

We are enormously proud to announce REWORK_ (Philip Glass Remixed). This App Album takes the incredible remix album made in collaboration with Beck that was released last month, and gives it a feature-length interactive visual treatment.

Scott Snibbe Keynote talk at LISA2012 digital art conference

Scott Snibbe talks about 20 years of interactive art and music that poetically reinterpret our universe, including creating the first app album with Björk: Biophilia; and interactive experiences created for James Cameron’s movie Avatar.

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.

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.

SHEENA LYONNAIS, TORONTO STANDARD, AUGUST 2ND, 2012

“By bringing in an app experience, we bring back a multi-sensory experience to music”

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."

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."

INDIE-MUSIC.COM, JULY 22, 2012

"Mobile applications as music distribution are gaining momentum. And many artists, like Passion Pit bassist Jeff Apruzzese, approve. "

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.”

KATHERINE BROOKS, HUFFINGTON POST, JULY 18, 2012

"The touch-screen offers more freedom because there is no physical world to push against."

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.