In essence, websites such as 'Information is Beautiful' (http://www.information-is-beautiful.net) are trying to achieve what I am aiming for. To take something in its existing format, which in Information Is Beautiful's case is data collection, poll and survey results and so forth, and mine to take key elements of creative writing and present them in a way that is far more visual and arguably engaging for the viewer. This has influenced me in the way I am looking to approach my final piece, as I think it would be interesting to take some quantitative data from reviews and represent them in a different format, much in the way that Information Is Beautiful does.
I have searched extensively and have not found any websites who specialise in image-based music reviews, so a lot of the work that has inspired me has belonged to other fields which I can relate to my own. It is unclear to me whether this means that the idea is flawed, it may be seen as too gimmicky to actually work as a profit-drawing website, it may take too long to produce each review and cost too much, or anything else. Visually, in regards to the website, I was inspired by websites such as Los Angeles artist Mark Whalen (also known as Kill Pixie) who adopt a minimalist style. My interpretation was that I will let the images speak for themselves, and since my experiment is less about creating works of art, I am keen to avoid overshadowing the images with an overbearing website.
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