MN:P (1995)

The computer graphics pioneer John Whitney (1917–1995) is considered one of the first artists to realize
the dream of creating a form of art that looks the way music sounds.
Among his achievements is the invention of a mechanical apparatus that enabled him to choreograph abstract
forms in the visual medium. Through this, Whitney was able to make the principles and foundations of music
visible in his films and explore the complementary interactions between sound and image.

MN:P is a work from Whitney’s late creative phase, inspired by his early experiences with the Indigenous
peoples of the southwestern United States.

Score: John Whitney
Unpublished work, Copyright 1995, John Whitney
Unpublished digital adaptation and restoration, Copyright 2021, Whitney Editions, LLC