Showing posts with label Video Art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Video Art. Show all posts
RT fingers evident in the Crab Nebula
"The Rayleigh–Taylor instability, or RT instability (after Lord Rayleigh and G. I. Taylor), is an instability of an interface between two fluids of different densities, which occurs when the lighter fluid is pushing the heavier fluid. This is the case with an interstellar cloud and shock system. The equivalent situation occurs when gravity is acting on two fluids of different density — with the dense fluid above a fluid of lesser density — such as water balancing on light oil. " Wikipedia.
A a video and sound study in fluid dynamics. All original music and video shot and performed by Douglas Cain. This piece was inspired by a recent live video performance by Matthew Fitzpatrick featuring video samples from the Japanese filmmaker Masaki Kobayashi's title sequence from Kwaidon (1965 original). It also draws on imagery from the audio-visual works of Morton Subotnick and Tony Martin, Sidewinder.
Here are some of my inspirations...
The first example is Kwaidon. The title sequences are so wonderful. Also the Japanese typography and graphic design of the title sequence really speak to me. Also the calligraphy is pretty hard to beat. A big thank you to Matthew for introducing me to the work of Masaki Kobayashi. Start at 0:43...
Next is the audiovisual piece, 'Sidewinder'. I feel that Tony Martin, who also at the time provided psychedelic visual accompaniments to such bands as Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead, instills a fascinating visual reference to the work of yet another 1960s San Francisco musical innovator Subotnick. Here's the piece...
Thank you to everyone who came out on Friday to support our show. Again, it was a tremendous success. See you next month for our upcoming Academic Affairs special Ghostly Halloween show.
This is the sixth video and sound piece in a series regarding the end of transmitted Analog television in the United States, which happened in the Spring of 2009. I made these videos as a eulogy to the beauty of analog broadcast television both in terms of its inherent characteristics as well as for its place in my own personal history as the media i grew up with. The video was shot from a vintage television on the week of the end of broadcast. All effects were the result of camera tricks and manipulations done by hand. All audio is acoustic instruments or vintage synthesizer played by myself. This series has been a theme I have been exploring at the time of the loss of my grandmother. Similarly, this series reflects a theme of a new generation of technology eclipsing the last. I dedicate this series to my late grandmother Evelyn Beatie Mullen. All sound and video © Douglas Cain, 2009.
This is the fourth video and sound piece in a series regarding the end of transmitted Analog television in the United States, which happened in the Spring of 2009.
This is the third video in a series regarding the end of transmitted Analog television in the United States, which happened in the Spring of 2009. I made these videos as a eulogy to the beauty of analog broadcast television both in terms of its inherent characteristics as well as for its place in my own personal history as the media i grew up with. The video was shot from a vintage television on the week of the end of broadcast. All effects were the result of camera tricks and manipulations done by hand. All audio is acoustic instruments or vintage synthesizer played by myself. This series has been a theme I have been exploring at the time of the loss of my grandmother. Similarly, this series reflects a theme of a new generation of technology eclipsing the last. I dedicate this series to my late grandmother Evelyn Beatie Mullen. All sound and video © Douglas Cain, 2009. Courtesy of Academic Affairs
This is the second in a series regarding the end of transmitted Analog television in the United States, which happened in the Spring of 2009. I made these videos as a eulogy to the beauty of analog broadcast television both in terms of its inherent characteristics as well as for its place in my own personal history as the media i grew up with. The video was shot from a vintage television on the week of the end of broadcast. All effects were the result of camera tricks and manipulations done by hand. All audio is acoustic instruments or vintage synthesizer played by myself. This series has been a theme I have been exploring at the time of the loss of my grandmother. Similarly, this series reflects a theme of a new generation of technology eclipsing the last. I dedicate this series to my late grandmother Evelyn Beatie Mullen. All sound and video © Douglas Cain, 2009. Courtesy of Academic Affairs www.affairsacademic.com
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Announcing new work! Last night was a productive night. I wrote a new song and edited the first 2 videos in my forthcoming series "Analog Sunset." This video is the first in the series regarding the end of transmitted Analog television in the United States, which happened in the Spring of 2009. I made these videos as a eulogy to the beauty of analog broadcast television both in terms of its inherent characteristics as well as for its place in my own personal history as the media i grew up with. The video was shot from a vintage television on the week of the end of broadcast. All effects were the result of camera tricks and manipulations done by hand. All audio is acoustic instruments or Analog Synthesizer. This series has been a theme I have been exploring at the time of the loss of my grandmother. Similarly, this series reflects a theme of a new generation of technology eclipsing the last. I dedicate this series to my late grandmother Evelyn Beatie Mullen.
This video is the second in an ongoing series of videos about my experiences with the natural environment and natural phenomena that I see in the Bay Area. The sampled sounds were created with a vintage Korg DSS-1 sampling synthesizer utilizing harp and acoustic guitar samples. The sampled video was found footage from a 1984 Fairlight CVI video synthesizer. The rest of the video was shot digitally by Douglas Cain. All sound and video © Douglas Cain, 2009. Courtesy of Academic Affairs www.affairsacademic.com
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