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something to distract you on the way home from work

Alec — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 07:40:35 +0000

Following my previous post about external video projection, here’s another example, this time on Waterloo Station. Warning: the grimy hand of commerce has left its fingerprints on this!

Anti-motion graphics

Alec — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:59:08 +0000

Some people say that the most interesting work is created when working within severe constraints, because it forces you to be more creative. Well, how about these for constraints:

No easy easy key-frames or curves aceleration

No gradients

No feathers

No perspective or 3d space

Forget Third-party plugins

The result is surprisingly interesting.

the moving image writes; and, having writ, moves on

Alec — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:24:30 +0000

I posted yesterday about zenbullet’s video projection on a church in Brighton. Some people expressed an interest at the meeting the other night about external video projection, so here are a few more examples:

theatre facade
grain silos in Quebec
church in Utrecht

There’s a lot of other good work around, including a fantastic piece inside a cathedral in Holland, where the organ pipes appear to float off into space, but I can’t find the link. If anyone knows the piece, please post it in the comments.

If you’re interested in video projection, you should check out Create Digital Motion. They frequently blog about vj equipment and performances, both outdoors and indoors.

Zen’s super, zen can do anything!

Alec — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:24:10 +0000

Zenbullets frequently produces interesting work, using both Flash and Processing, including his 100 abandoned artworks project, which is due to be published in book form next year. He posted on his blog yesterday about some of his recent work, including a reminder of his video projection on a church in Brighton, complete with source code for the various sections. That’s right – not only does he do great work, but he lets other people see how he’s done it and encourages people to come up with improvements. What a guy!

Dress for the occasion

Alec — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:48:09 +0000

Even at 24,000 LEDs, this illuminated dress is very low resolution. We’re still a long way from the scramble suits in A Scanner Darkly.

Sound is touch at a distance

Alec — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:01:56 +0000

Here’s a beautiful example by Flight404 using Processing to create visuals reacting to sound. He also provides an explanation of how he created a similar piece.

bITjAM

Alec — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:13:43 +0000

I went to bITjAM at the Rigger last night, which I enjoyed. I wasn’t able to stay till the end, but I watched film clips change and pixellate in Binary Aesthetic’s real-time response, using Processing, to the music by EskimoElktro. I talked to a few people and gave out flyers promoting the event at the School of Art on 18th November. There seemed to be a lot of interest in it, so I hope we get a good turnout.

Tower of Babel

Alec — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:41:35 +0000

So many pixels to play with, and an enormous effort to create it, but such a mundane use… I’m sure something much more interesting could be achieved with all this potential.