Live video performance of feedback loops using custom software
Programmed using Max/MSP and Jitter
Before understanding how to make technology transparent, one must first be able to design and implement low-cost hi-fidelity prototypes. Having a strong interest and knowledge in cybernetics allowed me to design a high quality video instrument by understanding how the output feedback loops can re-contextualize the input of a system to create a video-canvas. By using an Apple iSight as the paintbrush, my instrument enabled a hybrid improvisational approach to video composition, which came naturally from my background as a Jazz musician playing piano, drums, and cello. The source video was taken during one of the many hurricanes in 2004 using an inexpensive Canon digital point-and-shoot camera, set to video mode recording at a resolution of 320 x 240. The sound treatment was a four-minute sample from a prepared piano composition I created earlier in the year by chance. The final video instrument manifested itself as a live performance on an Apple Powerbook, running custom software programmed in Max/MSP and Jitter, with an Apple iSight.
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