Eno-1

“Oblique Strategies” is a card-based method for promoting creativity jointly developed by musician/artist Brian Eno and multimedia artist Peter Schmidt, first published in 1975. The message from the cards is never wrong and the right card always seems to appear at just the right moment.

My set of cards was getting worn so I created Eno-1 to randomly select and display a card from the deck, once every two minutes. The design of the animated background references the grille of the vintage EMUD radio. This 1950s vintage German radio was used to scan the AM and FM radio bands for inspiration and entertainment – much like the Oblique Strategy cards. Eno-1 is a single edition.

Design, animation and construction: Dean Winkler
Oblique Strategy cards: Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt
Sound: “Another Green World” by Brian Eno