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Tascam 224: trt: 6:40 experimental short video
2003
An otherworldly space that runs parallel to this realm, a fragmented
alien transmission from a barren wasteplanet of bizarre inhabitants,
a signal that became distorted, ghostly, and something very different,
as it traveled through the harsh radiation of galactic space and
time.
Seduce looping video, 2004
A seductive color palette emerges when particular clips are extracted
from the popular television program Friends. These are moments of
strong correlation between the character’s wardrobe and the
scene background. The show is reduced to base visual elements: six
beautiful characters and their complimentary color schemes, and
stripped of any comprehensible dialogue, allowing the viewer to
enjoy Friends sans extraneous social programming. Seduce investigates
a less understood reason for the popularity of the program by creating
a color wheel of the show.
Created with Adobe AfterEffects.
Utopia looping scripted video, 2004
Analyzing the idea of clean, perfect, and tireless machinery couched
in the
unstable landscape of reality, Utopia functions as a perpetual motion
machine, performing perfectly as a stable power source, regardless
of inconsistencies in the wind. It is a utopian vision of wind power.
Process: This was created through a motion-tracking program written
in Max/MSP
using footage of a wind turbine shot in central New York. Three
identical clips of the turbine are superimposed upon each other,
all playing at different speeds. The speed of the clips are regulated
by the propeller rotation of the first clip which slows down, stops,
and gains momentum in varying spurts during the course of the taping.
If the blade slows down, the speed of the superimposed footage speeds
up to compensate. As the speed of this second clip accelerates,
the speed of the third clip declines. Thus, the mean rotation rate
always remains constant. The three dots at the bottom indicate the
speed of each clip and blink when the propeller blade reaches the
apex of its rotation. In essence, Utopia is a video that is generated
based upon the behavior of its content.
Created with Max/MSP and Jitter.
Luke Lamborn is an emerging artist based out of
Syracuse, New York working with computer-processed video and animation.
He is currently pursuing his MFA in computer art at Syracuse University’s
Department of Transmedia. He graduated summa cum laude from the
University of Colorado with a BFA in digital media. Lamborn has
exhibited and screened his artwork throughout the US and internationally.
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