'diaspora' (working title)

 Video performance.


 THEORETICAL MOTIVATIONS
 
 A progression of feedback, from audio to video.
 
 What began as visual exploration of the surrounding
 space and feedback, ultimately turned into a
 performance piece. Soft, rhythmic colors appear on
 the screen based on the motions of the performer,
 capturing the visual environment and layering it back
 onto itself.


 TECHNICAL DISCUSSION
 
 The first instance of 'diaspora' was as a
 self-contained image generator, to be accompanied by
 audio from the performer. This slowly changed until
 the project became a sort of 'Video Jockey' device to
 complement recordings.
 
 As the original motivation was to include the
 environment -- both audible and visible -- sound
 playback capabilities were added again. The latest
 version of the piece takes a set of pre-recorded
 samples, and alters them based on the brightness and
 motion in the piece.


 DOCUMENTATION
 
 This first clip is a performance from March 2005 at
 Rx Gallery in San Francisco. This is a montage of 
 a video performance choreographed against
 pre-recorded music.
 
 
 Rx Gallery performance.
(07:00, 133MB MOV)


 This clip is an audio/video performance recorded 
 for DVD. The sound is generated live along with 
 the video (which loses something in the recording). 
 The samples are pitch-altered with rules similar to
'dispersal, residue', with samples taken directly
 from the documentation of that installation.

 
 Screen render, with audio generation.
(04:31, 62MB MOV)


 This last clip is early documentation of the piece,
 and shows, generally, how the image is produced.
 
 Please note: the actual output of the piece is in 
 the lower left-hand video window, which is obscured 
 by my arm.

 
 Visual description of performance.
(01:16, 30MB MOV)