Optical Arts animates Bach's Toccata and Fugue with shattering tableware
London studio Optical Arts has released a video homage to Johann Sebastian Bach, using domestic objects like glasses, plates, cutlery, cups, and candles that dance, shatter, and reassemble in sync with the music. The chosen piece is Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor, performed by Peter Hurford in 1978. The studio describes the film as a meditation on time, entropy, and creative energy in relation to music. To create the luminous letters at the video's start, the team traveled to Eisenach, the German city where Bach was born in 1685 and lived until 1694.
Key facts
- Optical Arts is a London-based studio.
- The video features household objects shattering and reassembling to music.
- The music is Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor.
- The performance is by Peter Hurford from 1978.
- The film is described as a reflection on time, entropy, and creative energy.
- Luminous letters in the video were filmed in Eisenach, Germany.
- Bach was born in Eisenach in 1685 and lived there until 1694.
- The video is titled 'Toccata'.
Entities
Artists
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Peter Hurford
Institutions
- Optical Arts
Locations
- London
- Eisenach
- Germany