77 Million Paintings

Far from containing 77 million paintings, the software consists of 296 original works which are overlaid and combined up to four at a time in a simulation of simultaneous projection onto a common screen. The various images are slowly faded in and out asynchronously before being replaced by another random element. Also, the music that accompanies the paintings, if played on a Mac G5 or a Windows PC, is randomly generated in a similar way, so the selection of elements and their duration in the piece are arbitrarily chosen, forming a virtually infinite number of variations. In conjunction with this, Annabeth Robinson (AngryBeth Shortbread) recreated the performance in Second Life by building the performance in a multi-user virtual environment (MUVE). ==Second Edition==

A second edition of "77 Million Paintings", featuring improved morphing and a further two layers of sound, was released on 14 January 2008. ==Installation CD==

Released in a numbered edition of 1000, only on the Japanese label Beat Records in 2006 via license from Opal, 77 Million contains 9 audio tracks generated at the March 2006 Laforet, Tokyo installation of 77 Million Paintings. == Project evolution ==

77 Million Paintings has evolved beyond the domestic environment. It continues to be shown in multiple-monitor configurations in art galleries and is projected onto iconic buildings around the world. In 2009, Eno was invited to project 77 Million Paintings onto the sails of the Sydney Opera House. ==See also==