Tristan Zand
Both Swiss and San Francisco Bay Area native, Tristan Zand is a conceptual artist, experimental photographer, videographer, musician, and coder. He gravitates between the Bay Area, Iceland, and Switzerland.
His works range from abstract to concrete, through performative or recorded music, photography, mixed-media, and software / distributed network creations.
His works and research more particularly focuses on the exploring and development of innovative techniques and protocols, from bespoke photographic to internet-based collaborative music software and artificial intelligence.
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ARTIST: Peter Gabriel
CREATOR: Tristan Zand
SONG: Road to Joy (Dark-Side Mix) FROM i/o
ARTIST: Peter Gabriel
CREATOR: Tristan Zand
SONG: Road to Joy (Dark-Side Mix) FROM i/o
Video info
The song I had the honour of working with simply made me feel good: pure, positive musical energy with a groove that reaches the heart through the ears. It felt essential not to alter that core musical experience, so I aimed to create a subtle visual layer, one that echoes the strong rhythm section while leaving space for the viewer to explore the melodies and lyrics.
In a time when generative AI often blurs the line between real and synthetic, I felt it was important to leave visible traces of the various tools and techniques I used. I also wove in visual references to Peter’s past work, those familiar codes that still linger in our shared visual memory.
Song info:
Road to Joy is a track taken from Peter Gabriel's album i/o, released on 1 December 2023. This is the Dark-Side Mix, by Tchad Blake.
Words and music by Peter Gabriel. Produced by Peter Gabriel and Brian Eno
Published by Real World Music Ltd. / Sony Music Publishing.