IMC (Video)

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An experiment in image/sound relationships and time-manipulation consisting of footage shot during a rehearsal of Scott Putman’s “Escaping The Silence of Winters Night’ performed by an ensemble of dancers representing multiple companies participating in the 2010 Great Friends Dance Festival held in Newport, Rhode Island. The footage was intentionally shot with a slow shutter effect in order to cause the images to ‘streak’ in a manner that accentuated the dancers’ movements and the clips were then arranged within Arkaos Grand VJ with medium opacity and luma key settings that created near-abstract images when layered multiple times. The soundtrack is an improvised composition performed in Ableton Live with the same MIDI keyboard that simultaneously triggered the video clips within Grand VJ in an attempt to ‘play’ the video like a musical instrument. Special thanks to the Island Moving Company for hosting the event, performing with the ensemble and allowing me to film the rehearsal.