Noor

“Light is my very Nature; I am no other than Light.” (Vedic Upanishads)

“And God said Let There Be Light.” (Genesis 1:3)

“Allah is the Light of the Heavens and the earth.” (Qur’an 24:35)

e = mc2 (Albert Einstein)

NOOR (Light) Part 1 of a Trilogy (2011)
An tribute to the Masters of Middle Eastern Patterns. NOOR is 4D animation of classical design motifs and calligraphy from Arabic, Persian, Moroccan, and others. Inspired in part by British scholar Keith Critchlow’s 1976 scholarly book “Islamic Patterns” and by my pilgrimage to The Alhambra in Granada, Spain. Directed by Steve Beck with Robert Rippberger, Assistant Director, with Beck’s original, custom, real time 4D animation software “NOOR 4D” and with The NOOR Visual Orchestra members, who include: Phat Ho (software, from Viet Nam), Dan Chapman (2D animation, California), 2D still Arabic calligraphy by Dr. Fayeq Oweis (from Palestine), advisory consultant Omar Bakr (from Saudi Arabia), consultant Jory Gessow (from Israel), and muse Candice Eggerss, among the lead players. Music composed by Rony Barrack (from Lebanon) and performed by The Boulder (Colorado) Philharmonic Symphony, and by Rony Barrack.

NOOR (2011)
Polymediast Steve Beck NOOR Series Overview. Edited by Meera Paramohammed, one of my students at UC Berkeley.

NOOR is the Arabic (and Farsi) word meaning Light. NOOR seeks to build bridges between cultures, and is an exploration of Spiritual Technology. The NOOR project initially concerns time variant analytical geometries based on patterns and design motifs found in Middle Eastern Art and Architecture, among other world cultures across the space and time of history.

NOOR Project Research Patrons – Thank you!:

“Beck-Tech Corp. Berkeley, California (2005-2011)
Xenel International USA, Westlake Village, California (2006-2007)
Anonymous Patrons.
(No University or Public Funds were used for any of the NOOR research.)

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