auspiciousmotion

I’ve been working on this video for what seems like a month. It’s something that I would like to project on a wall, maybe at a party or a bar, or even somewhere more highbrow like a gallery. I’d love to get your critiques and feedback about it, so hollerrr with a comment.

I recommend watching this with your current favorite song as a soundtrack, as I left it intentionally mute. Also, because the video has been compressed to view on the web, it’s not the best quality nor the largest resolution. The whole thing is 3:33, so you won’t need to spend much time on it. That’s a palindrome and you know it’s a palindrome. Click the screenshot below to watch (requires Quicktime/plugin, I think)…

While sitting by the Boulder Creek at nearly peak flow, I shot the original miniDV video for this project. Then, using Luma Keying in Final Cut Pro, I got rid of everything but the rushing, white water. A very similar effect can be achieved by upping the contrast in iMovie HD and appying the effect “black and white.” Having isolated the white splashes, I edited the footage using only the effects fast/slow/reverse in iMovie. Well, ok, I used a few transitions as well. Ultimately, I wanted to give the surreal experience of watching water flow a rhythm and meaning.

Since it’s kind of teeny, I’ll link a larger downloadable file here, for those of you who wish to see it bigger and better. (To download, click the link above and select “save link as” or some similar terminology.)

Furthermore, I am interested in any and all remixes that people can come up with, and in the interest of creating open-source artwork, I urge you to use the large file to mess up, modify, and re-make your own aqua poetics.

This entry was posted on Saturday, July 28th, 2007 at 11:16 pm.
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