The Sixth Magnitude is an experimental video in conversation with the genre of Visual Music. Comprised of video, motion graphics, and algorithmic processes, the work aims to explore aspects of visual and acoustic perception. The visuals are created in response to the track “On Perdition Hill”, from the album Perdition Hill Radio by William Fowler Collins.

The work creates a vast interplanetary sensibility. The title is derived from the astronomical range of magnitudes (apparent magnitude). The sixth magnitude describes the heavenly star most faintly visible to the unaided human eye. The sixth magnitude is the limit of our perception.

Featured at:
• [upcoming] University Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM
• [upcoming] Outpost Artists Resource, NY, Ende Tymes Festival
• Simon Fraser University, Canada, Cinesonika 2: International Conference & Festival of Sound Design
• ICA London, evening of a/v works curated by Soundfjord