Rhythm and Sequencers

Early on I had an idea to create rhythmic visuals, to translate the perception of rhythm from from music to video.

The first attempts at this (many many years ago) consisted of hours of DV ( and even some Super-8) tapes with panning shots of building facades. 

The idea was that the repetitive pattern in the facade would be perceived the same way as the graphical representation of a step sequencer, but it never came to a result that I felt was successful enough.

Lately I have gained a new interest in sequencers and sequences and how they can be manipulated and changed.

so instead of rendering static clips of video, I divide them in to smaller independent  parts and then use a sequencer to play them in different orders.

For the BA exam piece “55798″ for example I had a selection of clips with motion mixed up with white static clips in various lengths.

These where combined in sequences  consisting of numbers representing the clips, after a sequence was played  the string of numbers was sent through a mutation algorithm (created by Bill Vorn) and a new sequence was created, sometimes clips not in the original seq. was added while other was dropped and by so creating an on going non static playback. This have also lead me to look at and experiment with step sequencers as a tool for visual playback, maybe its time to dig out those old dv tapes and see if they can be of any use today….. 

 

Short video of “55798″:

~ by a1029 on September 21, 2008.