FLOW - fourth week : testing

Just a test. I didn't use msp or any kind of interactive programs here yet. Just put 4-5 layers with different speed and changed opacity. This doesn't react to the sound neither.

FLOW - fourth week : what's going on?

I wanted to do this time-flow project in real time with some interactive programs. Camera will be fixed and shooting an empty space where people can walk around. Then it will be projected in two way on the same screen with opacity downed - One will be in real time and the other's speed will be slowed down. Camera has to be fixed so when these two videos are piled up, they can look like one video. Slowed one's speed will become faster reacting to the sound. Viewers can make noise to see the past and present of time simultaneously. They will see what's happening and what happened. This was my first plan.

But using interactive programs(like max msp, isadora, or quartz composer) will be almost impossible. Computer has to capture and save video clips during unlimited time and also will have to run the interactive program to project it. All these processes has to be done at the same time FOR UNLIMITED TIME. This is what I heard. I don't have a super computer.

I can still use interactive programs but final output is not going to be real time installation. Have to decide what to shoot. And in this case, more layers(with different speed) will be better to see. Ideas still have to be developed......

FLOW - second week : test video

This is only a test...Hope it will get better...
In this video, camera never stops(as car never stops). Maybe that's one reason why this video seems not working as I thought. And I didn't calculated decibel and speed correctly. Space will be a big part of this project I guess.

FLOW - second week : conversions

Concept : I was always interested in the relationship between music and image. That is like my ultimate theme. So with this "FLOW" project, I changed my mind and decided to make some sound based movie again. (what a breaking news)

I came up with sound wave(graph for decibel). While my former ideas(injecting blue ink and spraying blue water) were about material flow, sound wave is not material form. It is physical, but untouchable. Its about the high and low of decibel from music or any kind of sounds, so it has nothing to do with regular rhythm.
I'm not sure if sound wave is considered as a flow or not. This work is not based on existing material flow. The main concept is to CREATE a time flow. Amount will be converted to speed.

Method : The high and low of decibel will be applied as the moving speed of images. If its high (which means loud), then images will move fast. If its low, they slow down.There will be a standard between high and low decibels that matches with 100% speed of moving images so I can have not only faster movements but also slower moves.

It's not decided yet what kind of sound will be used. But I'm thinking of the song "The Perfect Drug" by Nine Inch Nails. And of course, few songs by my all time favorite band The Prodigy.

FLOW - first week

With this "LED balls", I also tried to record the flow of water. But like you already know, it didn't work as I thought. Just a few photos could catch the images of flow(I can still develop something from this idea).

Anyway, here's what I'm gonna try this time.



masaya iwata

A. Inject blue ink or blue oil in water. Shoot it in different angles when ink spreads inside water. Capture that video and mix it with another movie using 'matte' or 'chroma key' or whatever.



B. Dye water with blue acrylic color. A fan is needed to make wind. Spray the blue water in front of fan and shoot it in slow or high shutter speed. Then again, capture it and mix it with another video. I expect very shatterd images of movie with this method.