Max Cooper - Cardano Circles (Official video by Mario Carrillo)

Official music video ‘Cardano Circles’’ created for Max Cooper’s immersive live show, ‘Seme’, commissioned by Salzburg Easter Festival (on 28 March 2024, also performed at the Barbican London on 4 5 April). Max’s collaboration with Carillo arose from referencing Gerolamo Cardano’s “Cardano Circles” system from around 1570, and how the mechanism turns straight lines into circles, a process involved in early printing press technology in Italy. ► Tour dates: ► Subscribe to channel: ► Sign up to my mailer: ► Listen to SEME EP: Warning: Contains flashing images Max Cooper: Recently I was asked to make a new live show based around Italy for a festival with that theme, so I delved into some historic Italian music and science for the Seme (Seed) project. One idea I came across was Gerolamo Cardano’s “Cardano Circles” system from around 1570. I love how it continuously tu