Visuals

a series of impromptu photos of f. taken with new projector and first touchdesigner project, then run through minterpolate to get a blended/morph effect.

leeann invited me to do visuals for her composition for apature 2021, and i improvised a performance at bindlestiff studios using hydra.js to react to her live composition. we later re-recorded visuals and her track to incorporate her concept of i-ching hexagram generator function. thematically i tried to incorporate visual static and warps to correspond to the auditory distortion, and microscope videos of mitosis and apoptosis to represent themes of isolation and attempts at togetherness during the pandemic. ...

[finally uploading this after finding it hard to post on streaming services due to music copyright] this was a duo act myles and i put together during the pandemic for a virtual show called “e-go”, which was one of pseuda’s projects during their curatorial residency at counterpulse and ultimately streamed as a special presentation by princess (a drag night at oasis). we knew from the outset that it would be streamed virtually and choreographed it as such – mid-pandemic i had approached myles asking if he wanted to collaborate on a duo piece where we played with a nontraditional concept of being unable to occupy the same space. ...

this was my first hydra.js set: a collaboration with faited that we originally performed at ambient awakenings, then re-recorded in our studio to a small audience. i used a usb camera and manually controlled optical zoom to incorporate visuals of faited, and worked with her on the concepts of liquidity, flow, and distortion to accompany this set. unfortunately as the video progressed, my hardware couldn’t handle the required capture speed and it is very low framerate towards the end. ...

Performed for Supervoid (Vena Cava), a virtual set mid-pandemic. The visuals were extremely improvised but I was surprised with how well they came out. I designed Faited’s costume and rigging setup (she is performing this set at 10’, standing on a bar chair, draped with a black aerial silk, while her decks are on 2 spansets anchored to a board hanging from a single point). I wasn’t planning to do visuals because I was performing in the same show about an hour before, but once I had finished my set I realized I really wanted to embellish her performance. ...