The short film Studio Visit with Guy Goldstein is available to watch at the top of the page.
Guy Goldstein is an exceptional artist and musician, captivating audiences with his mesmerizing art installations that harmonize sound and visuals into a multisensory symphony. Through various mediums such as video art, performance, drawing, and mechanical objects, he skillfully expresses abstract concepts that resonate with viewers on a profound level.
Notably, Goldstein is not only a master of the arts but also a bass player and a member of the acclaimed Israeli rock trio, Reines Girls. Furthermore, he holds the esteemed position of Director of the Visual Communication department at the Musrara School of ART in Jerusalem. This diverse background infuses his creations with a unique blend of artistic expertise and musical sensibilities.
Step into Goldstein’s studio, and you’ll witness an artistic journey that transcends boundaries. In an exclusive video accompanying this article, he offers a rare glimpse into his creative process, sharing insights on how he masterfully translates color and drawing into captivating soundscapes, and vice versa.
Goldstein’s artistry is magnificently exemplified through his analog mechanisms, an assembly line that intricately converts sound into color and back again. Within this circuit, he generates information while also invoking erosion and deletion, crafting a captivating duality of creation and dissolution. Inspired by physical theories, Goldstein assigns distinct colors from the visible spectrum to six different types of noises, each symbolizing a unique form of information.
The creative process behind Goldstein’s renowned series, Random Shock, is a labor-intensive expedition. It commences with meticulous research, followed by conversions, digital manipulations, software implementations, and a series of mechanical and analog experiments. Through the intricate interplay of deconstruction and reassembly, he generates and manipulates information, allowing it to reverberate in a myriad of ways. However, this repeated journey gradually blurs the precision of translation, bestowing upon the art a captivating haze borne from its very production process.
Goldstein’s artistic mission goes beyond surface appearances. He delves into the underlying principles that elude our eyes and ears, seeking to confront noise, dirt, and confusion. Through his art, he discovers an aperture, a gateway that enables us to decipher what may initially seem incomprehensible.
Experience the captivating world of Guy Goldstein and his transcendent fusion of art and music, as he effortlessly traverses the boundaries of perception, leaving us awe-inspired and eager to explore the hidden realms of creativity.
In the attached video, Goldstein delves deeper into his creative process, shedding light on his unique methodology of translating color and drawing into captivating soundscapes, and vice versa.
The featured video Studio Visit with Guy Goldstein is part of the web series Yotsrim by Shachaf Dekel. Yotsrim includes five seasons and 73 episodes. The series won the Best Documentary award at the NYC Web Fest in 2019.
