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Graeme John Douglas Ronald
/ Remember Remember ,
who has
designed the GSA’s 2018 Christmas e-card
Photo: Matt Marcinkowski,
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- Forever
River is an elegiac Christmas letter home from overseas - The
e-card was commissioned from GSA alumnus, Graeme John Douglas Ronald,
a musician who performs as Remember Remember - Footage
of the Clyde was provided by ID Stewart
Forever River from The Glasgow School of Art on Vimeo.
The Glasgow School of Art
has unveiled its 2018 seasonal Christmas e-card today, 7 December 2018. Forever
River is an elegiac film created by MDes Sound for the Moving Image alumnus,
Graeme John Douglas Ronald. Graeme studied at the GSA’s School of Simulation and
Visualisation (SimVis) in 2012-2013, and
Saint Louis, Missouri where he continues to work on audio-visual projects.
has unveiled its 2018 seasonal Christmas e-card today, 7 December 2018. Forever
River is an elegiac film created by MDes Sound for the Moving Image alumnus,
Graeme John Douglas Ronald. Graeme studied at the GSA’s School of Simulation and
Visualisation (SimVis) in 2012-2013, and
Saint Louis, Missouri where he continues to work on audio-visual projects.
Forever River
combines footage of the River Clyde,
provided by ID Stewart, with Graeme’s home
recordings of his musical composition process Wave and ripple patterns
of the water form the basis of the musical composition, and the sound and image
combine to create an elegiac Christmas letter home. The piece ends on a
wry note of Glasgow nostalgia.
combines footage of the River Clyde,
provided by ID Stewart, with Graeme’s home
recordings of his musical composition process Wave and ripple patterns
of the water form the basis of the musical composition, and the sound and image
combine to create an elegiac Christmas letter home. The piece ends on a
wry note of Glasgow nostalgia.
“I remembered a music lesson in primary school where my teacher had
us whack tuning forks and stick them in bowls of water to show us how the
different lengths of forks created different tones,” says Graeme.
“The vibrations sent different wave patterns flying through the water.”
us whack tuning forks and stick them in bowls of water to show us how the
different lengths of forks created different tones,” says Graeme.
“The vibrations sent different wave patterns flying through the water.”
“I thought that if I composed a piece of music
based on striking tuning forks I could make a direct visual representation of
the music with the waves in the water. I wanted to combine the recordings of
the forks, somehow, with images of The River Clyde in Glasgow…. to have the
patterns of the melodies and the waves of the river talk to each other somehow.”
based on striking tuning forks I could make a direct visual representation of
the music with the waves in the water. I wanted to combine the recordings of
the forks, somehow, with images of The River Clyde in Glasgow…. to have the
patterns of the melodies and the waves of the river talk to each other somehow.”
How to record the Clyde, though, while being all the
way over the ocean in America was something of a challenge. Graeme sent an
email to one of his oldest friends in Glasgow, Iain Stewart.
way over the ocean in America was something of a challenge. Graeme sent an
email to one of his oldest friends in Glasgow, Iain Stewart.
“Iain, remarkably, went out
at the crack of dawn several mornings to film the Clyde,” adds Graeme. “The footage he sent over to me was incredibly beautiful and I set
about merging it with the music and images that I’d been making in my house, in
my garden and in my son’s room where we keep the promotional toys and stickers
that my Dad used to bring home from his job at the Evening Times.”
at the crack of dawn several mornings to film the Clyde,” adds Graeme. “The footage he sent over to me was incredibly beautiful and I set
about merging it with the music and images that I’d been making in my house, in
my garden and in my son’s room where we keep the promotional toys and stickers
that my Dad used to bring home from his job at the Evening Times.”
Ends
For further information contact
Lesley Booth
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Graeme JD Ronald
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Ronald graduated from the MDes in Sound For The Moving Image in 2013. Prior to
and while completing the Masters, Graeme performed and recorded music as Remember Remember, initially on his own
before forming a group.
Ronald graduated from the MDes in Sound For The Moving Image in 2013. Prior to
and while completing the Masters, Graeme performed and recorded music as Remember Remember, initially on his own
before forming a group.
Since
graduating, Graeme has worked as a sound designer and composer for the video
game developer Deep Silver and as a freelancer on commercial sound design
projects.
graduating, Graeme has worked as a sound designer and composer for the video
game developer Deep Silver and as a freelancer on commercial sound design
projects.
Graeme
relocated to St. Louis, Missouri in 2015 with his wife to raise their
family. In between parenthood and working in a grocery store, Graeme
continues to compose and create AV work and emerges to play solo concerts as
Remember Remember when he can get a babysitter.
relocated to St. Louis, Missouri in 2015 with his wife to raise their
family. In between parenthood and working in a grocery store, Graeme
continues to compose and create AV work and emerges to play solo concerts as
Remember Remember when he can get a babysitter.
He loves
his new home but misses Glasgow very much.
his new home but misses Glasgow very much.