Estuaries 1
video + sound (2016)
Estuaries 1 is the first of my “Estuaries” audio-visual series, which can be viewed as a series of standalone works or ultimately as one large, multi-movement work. Estuaries 1 evokes an unstable stasis through use of generative image and music processes that cannot be fully controlled. An uneasy autonomy repeatedly stabilises and re-fractures, seeking resolution. Image here is often serving to mark time and to create trajectories that push time forward — functions more typically provided by music. The “Estuaries” series involves visualizing Nelder-Mead optimization, a process used by mathematicians to find solutions to complex, multi-variable problems that cannot be addressed by solving equations. We see the results of many such routines searching for the brightest points in a source image. The music was created with my Nodewebba software, which interlinks pattern generators to create complex emergent behaviours. Technical DetailsI created the visual material with a custom plug-in for Apple’s Motion 5 video effects software, working in 4k resolution. The connection between the sound and the image was created almost entirely manually — the relationship is not algorithmic. Presentation DetailsDuration: 05:10 Presentations
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