# Acoustics of Light

> The soundtrack does the editing.

- Canonical URL: https://artificial-images.com/project/so-will-b-now-audioreactive-16mm/
- Year: 2026
- Medium and tools: 16mm Film, Moving Image, Video Art, Algorithmic Filmmaking
- Media: 0 images, 3 videos
- Artist: Derrick Schultz

## About this work

An ongoing series of audioreactive films cut from 16mm elements, where the soundtrack does the editing.

*So Will B Now*

2026, 7min. Digital video from 16mm elements

Music: John Talabot featuring Pional, “So Will Be Now...”

Screenings: [Video Musics](https://www.not-nowhere.org/on/video-musics-derrick-schultz) (Solo screening at not/nowhere, London, August 2026)

*Beam Me ↑*

2026, 5min. Digital video from 16mm elements

Music: CLOSE, “Beam Me Up (George Fitzgerald Remix)”

*N⊙▼A*

2026, 6min. Digital video from 16mm elements

Music: Bicep, “Nova”

## Media

Videos cannot be watched by text agents; each entry gives its alt text, caption, Vimeo title and duration, and a description of the video.

### 1. Video `audioreactive-shapes-from-16mm-elements`
- Description: Glowing rings, spheres and squares pulsing against black, cut from 16mm elements
- Caption: *So Will B Now*
- Source: Vimeo video 1216274123
- Vimeo title: So Will B Now (7min, 2026)
- Duration: 7 min 5 s
- Video description: A 7-minute audioreactive video from 16mm elements. Music: John Talabot featuring Pional, "So Will Be Now...".
- Watch on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/1216274123
- View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/so-will-b-now-audioreactive-16mm/?media=audioreactive-shapes-from-16mm-elements

### 2. Video `beam-me-up-overlapping-light-discs`
- Description: Overlapping pale grainy discs of projected light drifting across black, cut from 16mm elements
- Caption: *Beam Me ↑*
- Source: Vimeo video 1218189592
- Vimeo title: Beam Me ↑
- Duration: 5 min 28 s
- Video description: A 5-minute audioreactive video from 2026 made from 16mm elements. Music: CLOSE, "Beam Me Up (George Fitzgerald Remix)".
- Watch on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/1218189592
- View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/so-will-b-now-audioreactive-16mm/?media=beam-me-up-overlapping-light-discs

### 3. Video `nova-glowing-square-from-16mm-elements`
- Description: Grainy pale square glowing against black with a faint blue-green arc above, cut from 16mm elements
- Caption: *N⊙▼A*
- Source: Vimeo video 1222589213
- Vimeo title: N⊙▼A (6min, 2026)
- Duration: 5 min 53 s
- Video description: A 6-minute video from 2026 made from 16mm elements. Song: "Nova" by Bicep.
- Watch on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/1222589213
- View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/so-will-b-now-audioreactive-16mm/?media=nova-glowing-square-from-16mm-elements

## External links

- [Video Musics](https://www.not-nowhere.org/on/video-musics-derrick-schultz)

## Related

### Tags

16mm Film, Moving Image, Video Art, Algorithmic Filmmaking

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