Animation
Omen: 1972, 16mm, 3:00, color/sound
Design intention: Create an impressionistic narrative through a progression of emotions. Transpose and interpret the sound elements as image in flux. The sound component is an excerpt from Bitches Brew, by Miles Davis, used with permission of the artist.
Technology vectors: 16mm stop-motion 2D collage with Bolex and Kodak Cine Special, home-built animation stand and optical printer.
Source materials include 35mm b/w photos, air brush and pen and ink graphics, colored acetate shapes.
Produced at Ithaca Video Projects, Ithaca, NY.
Supported by The National Endowment for the Arts, and the New York State Council on the Arts.
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What Goes Around/Comes Around 1986, 5:00, video
Collaboration: Jon Hilton, audio engineer, Ithaca, NY
Technology vectors: Source sequences are quick and dirty VHS video. I fashioned a crude rotoscope rig with a video monitor and acetate animation cells and peg bar registration. I made 300+ brush and ink drawings from the video frames. Each cell was recorded on VHS video, the video was then edited to the VHS master. I recorded excerpts from my journal of the time, and created other sound elements.
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The original version was screened once, for the intended audience. I then discarded all the version materials, and created the entire project again, with a consistent visual style, and a narrative that is more accessible to a public audience.
The title graphic is the I-Ching symbol Quan, it represents a traditional gate structure. One can stand on top and perceive the broad expanse of terrain, and understand the big picture. One is also observed from great distance around, and assessed by others.
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Vo-Duet: 2000, 0:50, digital
Design intention: Create an impression of painted forms in motion. Originally created for the immersive performance environment Mirrors & Smoke, it finds later expression in In The Sweet Bye & Bye: An Immersive Memoir.
Technology vectors: Original source material from Beta SP video, manipulation/animation on Mac, Strata Media Paint and After Effects.
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