Introduction

Welcome to my book about visual music. It has been a desire of mine for some time to commit to print my thoughts about this subject and consolidate some of my experiences, both in teaching at university and in my personal creative practice, which extends back to the 1990s. The motivation to write has also been inspired by reading the many excellent books and articles about visual music, some of which are referenced in this book. Visual music and audio-visual media continue to grow as disciplines and there is a wealth of high-quality writing and artworks available; hopefully I can contribute something useful and meaningful from my own perspective. Writing has been both an enjoyable and challenging process. My own thoughts and preconceptions have been challenged every step of the way. Only when committing the words to paper did it become apparent that something lacked the clarity I thought it contained. This has encouraged me to try and reinforce every discussion by undertaking more reading and reflection. I hope this has been mostly achieved, but welcome feedback and further discussion so updates can be made when this book is revised at some point in the future.