STANFORD LECTURE, NOVEMBER 20, 2012

In the first lecture of the 23rd year of the Human-Computer Interaction Seminar, Scott Snibbe--interactive artist and app creator--explores human perception and using computers to create alternate forms of reality.

SUBMARINE CHANNEL, SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

We talked to Scott at Picnic, a festival about the future in Amsterdam. He recently released Biophilia, an Ipad app album developed in cooperation with Bjork.

SHEENA LYONNAIS, TORONTO STANDARD, AUGUST 2ND, 2012

“By bringing in an app experience, we bring back a multi-sensory experience to music”

ELIOT VAN BUSKIRK, EVOLVER.FM, JULY 25, 2012

“I learned about this pattern in college and it always fascinated me because it relates to everything from the structure of cells to the gravitational influence of stars."

MARK WILSON, FASTCO DESIGN, JULY 25, 2012

"With each tap of your finger, a new polygon cuts its way into a dynamic, throbbing mosaic. Depending on the track and mode you’re playing (there are two tracks, each with two modes), you can do some interesting things with these unpredictable shapes."

INDIE-MUSIC.COM, JULY 22, 2012

"Mobile applications as music distribution are gaining momentum. And many artists, like Passion Pit bassist Jeff Apruzzese, approve. "

JULIA KAGANSKIY, THE CREATORS PROJECT, JULY 19, 2012

“As the old ‘traditional’ model of the music industry and selling records continues to change, bands will need to adapt to keep up. As a musician, this is a great opportunity to collaborate with artists to create a whole different aspect of your music and create a living brand.”

KATHERINE BROOKS, HUFFINGTON POST, JULY 18, 2012

"The touch-screen offers more freedom because there is no physical world to push against."

FILIP VISNJIC, CREATIVE APPLICATIONS, JUNE 19, 2012

The “Passion Pit: Gossamer” by Scott Snibbe Studio is a new interactive music app for iPhone and iPad that combines voronoi diagram with album imagery to allow you to interact with the band’s music video or create new melodies using the samples provided.

Building an iPad App for Björk: a Creator’s Project documentary on interactive artist Scott Snibbe.

HOLLYWOOD 2.0 PODCAST, MAY 27, 2012

Scott Snibbe, founder of Snibbe Interactive and Scott Snibbe Studio, discusses the creation of Biophilia, Bjork's interactive album.

THE CREATORS PROJECT, MAY 22, 2012

“If you listen to the lyrics, you realize the song is about the financial bubble, so we used this fractured bubble-like imagery to suggest that, and to evolve towards the uplifting feeling Passion Pit suggests as the song progresses – moving from simplicity, to complexity, to simplicity again.”

The “Passion Pit: Gossamer” App is is a new interactive music app for iPad and iPhone released in conjunction with their new album Gossamer. We started with a project at the Webby Awards a couple months ago, doing a video backdrop to their new single “Take a Walk.”

MARANDA PLEASANT, ORIGIN, MAY 10, 2012

One of my motivations was to create experiences that counter the neuroses that you typically have with computers and with mobile devices.

JASCHA HOFFMAN, NATURE, MAY 10, 2012

"Other fields are limited by money, equipment and the laws of nature. But with computers, the only limits are technical ability, ingenuity and imagination."

REDDIT AMA, 2012

"I'm Scott Snibbe, interactive artist, entrepreneur, and designer of apps for Björk and Passion Pit. AMA."

THITH, 2012

"When I saw an Apple II computer when I was ten years old running Apple Logo, I knew that I wanted to spend my life making interactive graphics and sound."

MotionPhone, a new app for the iPhone and iPad, enables a unique form of visual communication, allowing people to create animations together on iPads and iPhones. The app, created by Scott Snibbe Studio, is the company’s first release since producing Björk’s groundbreaking Biophilia App Album last year, and is a similarly innovative combination of interactive visuals with music.

Scott Sona Snibbe licensed his first software at the age of 11 and his career has never stopped soaring. This brilliant Interactive Artist and Software Composer has achieved International acclaim for his work. His exhibits have appeared throughout the United States and Europe and he continues to push the edge of Interactive Art. Here's your chance to hear his story, his thoughts about art, his mentor Gary Kildall's influence, his initial work and his meteoric rise in the world of Art & Technology. One of Scott's latest artistic ventures is with Icelandic Performance Artist Bjork which he discusses during his presentation. Recorded in March 2012 at the Creative & Technology Expo on the Monterey Peninsula in California.

I just came back from New York for the Biophilia Concerts and was blown away by the power of her performance that, at times, had me in tears. Marching from end to end of the 360 degree stage, with the 24 choir girls of Graduale Nobili following in otherworldly accompaniment, her songs tell an entrancing story of the power of nature and our ability to connect to her through technology.