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77 Million Paintings by Brian Eno (2006)

Starring: Brian Eno Rating: NR (Not Rated) Format: DVD
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)


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Product Details

  • Actors: Brian Eno
  • Format: Color, DVD, Limited Edition, NTSC
  • Language: English
  • Region: All Regions
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Rating: NR (Not Rated)
  • Studio: All Saints
  • DVD Release Date: September 26, 2006
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000EMSU2O
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #47,458 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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He's the avatar of ambient and one of the original glitterati of glam, but Brian Eno started as a visual artist before he became captivated by sound and synthesis. Nearly 30 years ago, he began a return to the visual arts, and has synthesized a career that now runs in intersecting parallels with his music. From his first video, Mistaken Memories of Mediaeval Manhattan, Eno's work has evolved into light sculptures that reflect his music, slowly morphing illuminated shapes shifting in seemingly infinite patterns. On 77 Million Paintings, Eno adapts his concepts to a computer program that constantly shifts his patterns in layers. Some of them are abstract, some luminescent. There are almost Keith Haring-like patterns countered by a Jackson Pollock splatter-and-drip approach, but all are constantly mutating and combining. Like painting in motion, every subtle move and overlay creates a new picture--hence the title. In fact, every time the program is launched, the images are different, and if you run it forever, it will effectively never repeat. Eno has married his images to an equally morphing soundscape, a nonlinear, constantly shifting sound field of gong and vibe-like tones, drone pads, and odd, whooshing sounds and ambiences. Like his ambient music, it's meant to work in the background, but can also draw you into to its glacially evolving world. The program is packaged in a set with a hardbound book in which Eno details the evolution of his light art and a DVD that includes an interview with Eno and a video rendition of the program. Eno has often followed the Satie idea of furniture music--now he extends that concept to your TV and computer. --John Diliberto


Product Description

Although he is perhaps more famous for his musical output, Brian Eno has had a long career as a visual artist with his work exhibited in scores of galleries across the globe for more than 25 years. The Limited Edition 77 Million Paintings features an exclusive interview DVD in which Brian Eno discusses his creation of the 77 Million Paintings software, the next evolutionary stage of his exploration into light as an artist's medium and the aesthetic possibilities of "generative software." The bonus software disc creates a constantly evolving, slowly changing "light painting" on the screen of your computer or TV with a virtually infinite number of variations accompanied by the music of Brian Eno. This deluxe package also includes a 52-page book featuring an extensive essay by Eno.

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Just a beautiful thing, October 2, 2006
Just received my copy and I have been able to run it for awhile today. This a beautiful package, with a sturdy and gorgeously made color booklet, an interview DVD and the software disc. The software loads fully on the computer, so the disc can be removed during play. It runs full screen. I would have liked the option to run it in a window. Each time it starts, you get another initial painting, which then slowly changes. It runs smoothly and, like much of Eno's work, allows one to go about one's business with the thing on, if one wishes, or to sit and stare. The music also changes randomly and one never gets the same combination of visual and auditory components. I'm very much happy to have this. This is the most I've ever been tempted to run out and buy a big plasma monitor.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Process Form, October 3, 2006
By SDY (San Francisco, California United States) - See all my reviews
How can I give a fair review of this new release of Eno's until I've viewed all 77 million paintings? For that you would likely have to wait until the year 2250. So instead this is a first impression.

I was interested in this product of Eno's for several reasons, the foremost being that I've often found Brian Eno to present work from what seems a unique and elegant aesthetic sensibility. I also attended an exhibit of his visual work many years ago that involved something like gradually transmuting neo-Constructivist light-shapes in a series of darkened rooms. I found it quite beautiful and hoped that this might be in a similar vein.

There are two discs included. One with software you install on your computer to have the experience Eno has designed for you. There is also an extra DVD on which Eno gives a roughly five minute history of the events that brought him to release this disc. The rest of this extra DVD consist of roughly 25 minutes of samples of the images the software will generate.

I first watched the DVD with the brief introduction and demo previously mentioned. Based on the samples seen there I thought the software might not live up to my expectations. As Eno says in his introduction the images used have been drawn or painted by hand, not generated using a computer. These hand-painted images seemed to me overly simplistic, most probably because they have been calculated to overlap. Too much complexity in the images once layered could lead to a visually busy effect Eno hoped to avoid. I'm obviously just guessing here. But my initial reaction was, um... perhaps a little less interesting that I would have hoped for.

Then I installed the software and started it up. The image on the screen from which you click 'start' is presumably Eno's own work station with it's multiple computer displays, music keyboards and so forth. Interesting, I quite liked seeing this image.

Once started my fears were allayed. I was instantly absorbed in the sounds and images. This always changing canvas of light-images is more engaging than my first impression. And the sound he composed for this instantly evokes a very contemplative state of mind, much as his other 'ambient' work does. There seem to be bells or gongs involved, so there is almost an element like that of being in a zen temple. It's really quite a beautiful experience. But of course the next time I turn on 77MP the experience will be different. So how can you really lose on this one? I do wish it wasn't preset to always be full screen although I can see why Eno wants it that way. I edit video using two displays, and so alternately it would be great to run images on both displays. But this is just nit picking.

One little caveat though:

At least on my system there seems to be a glitch that causes the music to stop briefly every few minutes. I'm running the 77MP software on a G5 Mac with Dual 2.7 GHz processors and 5.5 Gigs of RAM, so this behavior is somewhat baffling considering the power of my computer. This frequent pause takes away from the experience considerably. I'll try reinstalling and also try it out on my other computer. If I find the glitch there too I may need to return it. This would make me sad since I've already come to enjoy it greatly. This may just be some glitch I can overcome that you may well not have to deal with at all. So don't let that stop you from buying it.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant - don't miss it!, October 10, 2006
I've been waiting to get a "piece" of the Eno-installation "action". Here in the culturally devoid Deep South of U.S.A., it just ain't happening. It is now, though. Thank goodness. I received the "77 Million Paintings" and it is a humdinger (I know, a somewhat crude analysis). The "paintings" look stunning on my iMac G5, the 20 inch screen being completely filled with the image. And it is entirely true about Eno's installation work that the images shift almost imperceptibly. That is, until you turn your back and the damn thing changes dramatically. How does he do it? The music is a lot more "rock" and "edgy" than I would have imagined. Lots of Eno squelchy vocals with this strange "whooping" noise (I think I've heard this before on another installation piece), and deep temple bell-like sounds (again this sounds familiar - but not too much so). This is a rare treat. Go get it before the "limited edition" sells out and the Ebay-vultures descend.
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4.0 out of 5 stars mesmerizing
This really is a piece of art rather than a piece of software - deserves it's own computer and flat-screen monitor on the wall to be left running in the living room! I love it.
Published on July 13, 2007 by Paul Bianchi

3.0 out of 5 stars doesnt work on TV-DVD
make sure you want a CD ROM--it doesnt work on a DVD player.
Published on May 28, 2007 by bluefollydoll

4.0 out of 5 stars A nice visual compliment to the Eno audio library.
77 Million Paintings is visual Zen, an ever-changing slow motion collage of vibrant abstract images produced by Brian Eno. Read more
Published on May 12, 2007 by dmt9000

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy if you have an Intel Mac
I'm a HUGE Eno fan, so when I found out about this I had to rush out and order it. The packaging is great, BUT, if you have an Intel Mac you won't be able to use it as it was... Read more
Published on March 10, 2007 by Alexander Fazekas Paul

4.0 out of 5 stars 77 Million Paintings by Brian Eno
An unexpectedly different project from one of the most versatile musicians and artists today. The title lives up to its name by providing an array of progressively changing... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Enchanting!
If you enjoy Eno's music, I think you'll really love this. Using a computer's generative capabilities, the images that Eno has created slowly form, dissolve and layer over other... Read more
Published on February 26, 2007 by Jay Murphy

1.0 out of 5 stars Eno has lost his touch
Eno's taste in paintings is tragic. Yes this software is somewhat cool, but the art it displays is awful. Read more
Published on January 17, 2007 by James Mays

4.0 out of 5 stars Really Incredible Art Work...could be a little more user friendly.......
Let me first say that this is an incredible piece of software in that it renders truly beautiful artwork. Read more
Published on January 14, 2007 by S. Zurawel

5.0 out of 5 stars must have for Eno fans
and the title is already enough said. go get it.
Published on January 9, 2007 by H. Koerner

5.0 out of 5 stars Will this play on a US DVD/TV combo?
Can someone running the disks please comment on what it might take to see the installation on a large-screen TV with DVD input in the US? Read more
Published on December 21, 2006 by bill masi

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