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On October 7, we led a Phase Shift video art workshop at a private studio & wood shop in Eugene, Oregon. Attendees were a mixed group with some experienced video artists and some beginners, so it was cool to see the more experienced folks sharing their knowledge and personal techniques. Many thanks to Josiah Martens for hosting the event and to Adam Sladek for providing video equiment and some cool kaleidoscopic mirrors!
On October 5, we did a visiting artist workshop at University of Oregon in Eugene, for the class Digital Imaging taught by our friend Kevin Kripper. We discussed iterative processes, feedback loops & recursion, and reaction-diffusion/Turing patterns in digital & analog processes and in nature. The students learned how to generate their own Turing patterns from photos, like in the examples below.
On September 17, we led our Phase Shift Intro to Live Visuals workshop in Portland, Oregon, hosted by Synth Library Portland and CETI. Our attendees were an excellent group of videonauts, and we had a great time learning and experimenting. Many thanks to Jon Daries, Thomas Fang, Adam Sladek, and everyone else at CETI and Synth Library Portland who helped put this together!
On September 16, we were special guests at Video Mixer, a meetup and interactive demonstration of video art tools, hosted by CETI Institute and Synth Library Portland. It was great to hang out and chat with some local artists and tinkerers, and to set up a playground for folks to explore some of the tools and techniques we've developed!
On September 9, we led our Phase Shift Intro to Live Visuals workshop at Patchwerks, a synth boutique in Seattle. This was our biggest group so far on this tour, with almost 30 people attending. Luckily, we had assistance from local artists & people from the video community, and everyone had an excellent time collaborating and exploring analog video feedback with cameras and mixers, optical effects, and liquids.
Many thanks to Connie Fu, SleepPattern, and Tesseractive for helping facilitate and lending equipment!
