on a dime

Moving away from the ideas discussed yesterday.
Nothing special about it. Just substitutions in the process.
I've created a kind of Japanese screen door through which I'm planning to screen some live footage...

layers and narrative

I don't know if this is heading anywhere.
the Images are from a 'sketch' of this weeks project. But it is far from being organized into a story. I am playing around with layered color and blade shapes, and I like that part, but the movement is not very interesting yet.
I need to sit back from it for a while...
Meanwhile... its a nice day outside...

peace and love...

white

Why am I so interested in abstraction? What is it about the intersection of two clean lines, or the 'difficult breathing' of an old fridge motor, or a slight inflection dug into an otherwise perfect curved surface that will, on occasion, catch me me off guard? Make me pause and take in a deep breath.





I move forward. I take so much for granted because I have to. Our brains, after all are pre-conditioned to compartmentalize and move on. The ordinary and everyday objects around us are neither threatening or otherwise advantageous, so why should we pay much attention. And yet occasionally, just occasionally, something slides into our field of view: askance from what is considered relevant . A level of detail from the overlooked universe. A rusty scraping of metal, a geometrical imperative that folds into view, then just a quickly folds out, a texture bump that yearns to be acknowledged with an outstretched finger.



But then I move on. The abstraction of the moment passes. I work, I hang out with my partner and Labradors. I complain about the weather. I make miso soup on occasion. I fiddle with music and images: trying to capture something... These are all good things... But so is the abstraction.

ep. 21

Conditions ep 21 from f3ilter on Vimeo.

Change

I am doing something different this week. I am changing the music mid-stream.
This is because the animation style itself mutated into something far more mellow since the start of the week. The glitch and static sounds of the music I had no longer suited the shapes and colors that I created in After effects.
So, after a nice relaxing morning walking the dogs and a sushi lunch, I sat down with the challenge of creating a one minute composition. What I ended up with is a very simple rhythmic piano piece. Like last week, there is an emphasis on performance. However I did a better job of cleaning it up this time. I considered adding strings, but in the end I just stuck to the piano solo. It suits the images better.

towards blue

This weeks animation is a continuation of the 'accident' from last week. the basic style of repeating nested structures folding in and out of each other with a third variation built in to 'displace' the elements.
Its not as planed as usual, but I am having fun with the design and color.

ep 20

Conditions ep 20 from f3ilter on Vimeo.

rare

Its a rare week this week. I'm battling a cold and yet I am feeling quite productive. Episode 20 is progressing quite nicely despite the fact that I'm less than happy about the quality of the music.
What I am happy about is the results I am getting with a few key expressions (java-script) in After Effects. In this animation I am using some recursive sets of expressions that control the size and shape of the basic element, and then have adjustable delayed reactions. This has resulted in some interesting pattern structures that are controllable with just a few keyframe parameters. The structure of the animation patterns are easily synched to the larger formal structure of the music.

work and play

my dogs are bugging me for a play and I'm thinking, perhaps its better to go away for a while and give them some attention. allow some 'perspective' back into my current project.

ep 19

Conditions ep 19 from f3ilter on Vimeo.

More experimentation.