Synopsis Video Art

Award-winning video artist Denise Gallant presents the background of the the Synopsis video system designed nearly 40 years ago in collaboration with Rob Schafer. 

Vsynth Show & Tell

Developer Kevin Kripper presents a casual show and tell of the latest updates to the Vsynth visual programming toolkit for MAX/Jitter. New tools for video and vector synthesis include the VGA to Oscilloscope module.

History and Process of Liquid Light Shows

Steve Pavlovsky discusses the history of liquid light shows and analog visuals from the 1960’s to today, and demonstrates basic liquid light show techniques.

DRUGS™

Colston Byrd explores the possibilities of a familiar and alien device, the circuit bent PS2 developed by the DRUGS™ team. The project’s founder walks through the creation and use of this psychedelic gaming console.

Creative Entropy: Harnessing Uncertainty in Video Art

Aaron F. Ross, aka Dr. Yo, presents a conceptual overview of randomness and chaos as creative tools in video art.

Processing the Female Form: Co-opting NSFW Online Platforms with Experimental Video Streams

sarah sarah turner turner has been exploring nsfw online distribution sites as way to by-pass censorship on traditional platforms for the last 4 years as a large part of her practice. It has inspired new works, new relationships, and a new dynamic between on-screen and off-screen content creation. 

Analog Operators for Video Synthesis

Lars Larsen of LZX Industries discusses their pursuit of reusable analog building blocks for video synthesis.

ISI VP-8: Image Processing with 1970s Analog Computers

Thomas Fang and Matthew Rempes demonstrate the Interpretation Systems Incorporated VP-8 Image Analyzer, an analog computer used for realtime raster and vector image processing in the 1970s.