After the recent release of Mixing Colours (Deutsche Grammophon), their first ever duo album, Roger and Brian Eno have invited fans to submit videos of their post-lockdown world to a new website www.mixing-colours.com. The Eno brothers will select eleven films as official accompaniment for music from the album.
The idea was inspired by visuals for four tracks – ‘Celeste’, ‘Sand’, ‘Ultramarine’ and ‘Blonde’ – made by Brian Eno in collaboration with musician and software designer Peter Chilvers, later released in the run up to the album. Echoing the collection’s overall peaceful nature, these films joined the pieces’ simplicity and meditative qualities, delivering mesmerizing imagery of slowly changing, dreamlike landscapes.
“We want to ask people in the next few weeks to take a single shot of a quiet scene,” the Eno brothers explain, “at home, or out the window, or in their garden. Clouds passing, rustling tree leaves, a bird nesting, people conducting activities in the house: quiet moments that we are all enjoying, together, in isolation.”
Videos should be between 3-5 minutes long, shot in slow motion mode preferably, then uploaded to YouTube, Vimeo or Instagram. Anyone who wishes to participate can submit their entry at www.mixing-colours.com, allowing the brothers to select those which will complete the project. Further collaborations between Brian Eno and Pete Chilvers are also anticipated.