http://www.amandalong.org www.amandalong.org Sun, 16 Oct 2011 16:36:25 +0000 http://www.amandalong.org en http://www.amandalong.org/Spirals-for-Oskar-Fischinger http://www.amandalong.org/following/amandalong.org/Spirals-for-Oskar-Fischinger Sun, 16 Oct 2011 16:36:25 +0000 www.amandalong.org 1971870 Spirals (for Oskar Fischinger with love), 16mm film (2011) A combination of analog and digital technology, computer animations shot on film with wratten filters, triple exposure. I was inspired by Oskar Fischinger - Spirals (1926). The film was transferred to video by shooting the 16mm projection with a Canon 5D Mark II. Special thanks to Mike Bonello of Pittsburgh Filmmakers for his assistance. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/107994/1971870/Spirals.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="480" width_o="640" height_o="480" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/107994/1971870/Spirals_o.jpg" align="left" /> http://www.amandalong.org/Egg-Spin http://www.amandalong.org/following/amandalong.org/Egg-Spin Fri, 09 Sep 2011 01:24:08 +0000 www.amandalong.org 1969297 Egg Spin, 16mm film loop (2010) Triple exposed film, shot with wratten filters. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/107994/1969297/eggspin5.jpg" border="0" width="643" height="448" width_o="643" height_o="448" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/107994/1969297/eggspin5_o.jpg" align="left" /> http://www.amandalong.org/Swings http://www.amandalong.org/following/amandalong.org/Swings Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:35:24 +0000 www.amandalong.org 1968940 Swings, Interactive video at Bring to Light NYC Nuit Blanche 2011​ Materials: 2 projectors, 2 camcorders, computer, theater lights, swing set Swings is an interactive video sculpture in which a motion triggered live feed is manipulated by custom software, utilizing the properties of additive light color mixing to immerse the audience in the process of how we see color and light. As the audience swings on a swing set, their figures in motion appear in the projections, building a figurative abstraction of color and light. The projected video responds and changes in real time, reacting to the bodily interactions of multiple users and creating a visceral physical connection between the moving image and the viewers/participants. Swings (2011) empowers the audience to record their own video and participate in making the artwork rather than passively watching. The interaction of swinging to record the video makes a fun, social and potentially intimate relationship between the audience playing and the video technology. Technically, the motion of the audience swinging in front of a camcorder triggers a short recording that appears projected on the wall in red, green or blue (the primary colors of light). A theater light and camcorder are set up in front of the swing set. The swing set acts as a stage and prop encouraging playful interaction with the video and light. Thel video mural plays the 21 most recent videos at once in red, green or blue and creates magenta, cyan and yellow where the colors overlap. The projected figures of the audience swinging are staggered in the digital space of the animated mural. When a new video is recorded it “bumps” the previous video to the right. The movies are saved into a database in the computer. Custom software enables a collaboration between myself and the audience, creating an evolving animated mural, blurring the line between artist, performer, and spectator. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/107994/1968940/Swings-2-IMG_0336.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="446" width_o="1024" height_o="683" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/107994/1968940/Swings-2-IMG_0336_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/107994/1968940/Swings_documentation_pic1.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="376" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/107994/1968940/Swings_documentation_pic1_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/107994/1968940/swings-webIMG_0362.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="420" width_o="1024" height_o="642" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/107994/1968940/swings-webIMG_0362_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/107994/1968940/Swings_documentation_pic5.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="376" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/107994/1968940/Swings_documentation_pic5_o.jpg" align="left" /> Image below courtesy of welloiledmachinenyc <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/107994/1968940/DSC_3967.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="281" width_o="2048" height_o="859" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/107994/1968940/DSC_3967_o.jpg" align="left" /> http://www.amandalong.org/Harvest-Moon http://www.amandalong.org/following/amandalong.org/Harvest-Moon Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:57:01 +0000 www.amandalong.org 1965639 Harvest Moon, Film sculpture (2011) Above is a video simulation of overlapping films. Super 8 mm projectors, looping mechanisms, double peephole In a contemporary version of Thomas Edison’s Kinetoscope, the figure of trapeze artist Harvest "Moon" King is separated into three films with red, blue and green (RGB) filters and projected through Super 8mm film projectors. When the RGB films overlap they will form the film in full color through additive light mixing. It will be almost impossible for the three films to be played at the same speed causing the image as it overlaps to become abstracted as it runs slightly out of sync. Below are images from MONO NO AWARE Dec. 3, 2011 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/107994/1965639/webIMG_2946-5.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="503" width_o="903" height_o="678" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/107994/1965639/webIMG_2946-5_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/107994/1965639/webIMG_2964_3.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="467" width_o="1024" height_o="714" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/107994/1965639/webIMG_2964_3_o.jpg" align="left" /> Below is an image from the video simulation. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/107994/1965639/harvest_rgbstagger.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="502" width_o="800" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/107994/1965639/harvest_rgbstagger_o.jpg" align="left" /> http://www.amandalong.org/Love-Mound http://www.amandalong.org/following/amandalong.org/Love-Mound Tue, 07 Jun 2011 18:54:39 +0000 www.amandalong.org 1541597 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/107994/1541597/Amanda_Long_lovemound_installation2.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="448" width_o="1896" height_o="1269" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/107994/1541597/Amanda_Long_lovemound_installation2_o.jpg" align="left" /> Love Mound, single channel video sculpture (2005) 3D animation of a mound of lips projected as a mountain with a reflecting pool mirroring the video. Photograph above courtesy of the Anderson Gallery at Virginia Commonwealth University. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/107994/1541597/lovemoundfullview_web.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="486" width_o="800" height_o="581" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/107994/1541597/lovemoundfullview_web_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/107994/1541597/lovemound_detail.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="516" width_o="726" height_o="560" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/107994/1541597/lovemound_detail_o.jpg" align="left" /> http://www.amandalong.org/DERM http://www.amandalong.org/following/amandalong.org/DERM Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:46:53 +0000 www.amandalong.org 1556201 DERM, single channel interactive video with body joystick (2004) An abstract exploration of the body with a giant joystick. In collaboration with Mark Teare (3d modeling), Chris McDermott (sound), Sue Green (concept) I created the texture maps from my own body, my collaborators skin, hair and other natural elements. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/107994/1556201/derm_large_web.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="502" width_o="800" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/107994/1556201/derm_large_web_o.jpg" align="left" /> http://www.amandalong.org/RGB-Haze-for-Anthony-McCall http://www.amandalong.org/following/amandalong.org/RGB-Haze-for-Anthony-McCall Tue, 07 Jun 2011 12:08:27 +0000 www.amandalong.org 1529401 RGB Haze (for Anthony McCall), video sculpture (2010) Materials: DLP projector, computer, haze machine This installation is for Anthony McCall -- an homage to his exploration of light and space with my own RGB color twist. By using a red, blue and green animation the projected colors mix in the haze, shifting and additively mixing cyan, magenta and yellow before your very eyes. The colors change depending on where you stand or walk and as the animation moves through the haze. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/107994/1529401/rgbhazeweblarge.jpg" border="0" width="639" height="355" width_o="639" height_o="355" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/107994/1529401/rgbhazeweblarge_o.jpg" align="left" /> http://www.amandalong.org/Raining-Tulips http://www.amandalong.org/following/amandalong.org/Raining-Tulips Tue, 07 Jun 2011 11:46:24 +0000 www.amandalong.org 1555877 Raining Tulips (excerpt), single channel video (2008) Timelapse flowers falling in a shower. The animation was projected at the summer Garden Party (2008) at the Mattress Factory Art Museum in Pittsburgh PA. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/107994/1555877/Amanda_Long_raininflowers_large_web.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="446" width_o="800" height_o="533" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/107994/1555877/Amanda_Long_raininflowers_large_web_o.jpg" align="left" /> http://www.amandalong.org/Motion-Machine http://www.amandalong.org/following/amandalong.org/Motion-Machine Wed, 25 May 2011 16:12:52 +0000 www.amandalong.org 1439517 Motion Machine, two channel interactive video (2010) Materials: computer, 2 projectors, microcontroller, led, camcorder, tumbling mat, various props (flags and hulahoop) Participants motion triggers a 7 second video recording that appears on the wall staggered 12 times in red, green, and blue - the primary colors of light. Where the videos overlap the color additively combines to form cyan, magenta and yellow. The time stagger in the video is inspired by Norman Mclaren's dancers in Pas de deux and Étienne-Jules Marey and his physical movement studies of the human body. The Motion Machine was created during a Tough Art residency (2010) at the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh. Custom software allows for the audience and the artist to collaborate in making the animated mural. A red LED lights up when the camera is recording. Each interaction results in a movie that is saved on a database in the computer. The work is currently on view and has been in "motion" since September 8, 2010. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/107994/1439517/IMG_0705.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/107994/1439517/IMG_0705_o.JPG" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/107994/1439517/Motion_machine.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="446" width_o="1024" height_o="683" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/107994/1439517/Motion_machine_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/107994/1439517/IMG_0699.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/107994/1439517/IMG_0699_o.JPG" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/107994/1439517/IMG_0630.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/107994/1439517/IMG_0630_o.JPG" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/107994/1439517/IMG_0833.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/107994/1439517/IMG_0833_o.JPG" align="left" /> Below is a video of the prototype test for Motion Machine on August 18, 2010. http://www.amandalong.org/Between-a-rainbow-and-a-god http://www.amandalong.org/following/amandalong.org/Between-a-rainbow-and-a-god Fri, 13 May 2011 09:37:39 +0000 www.amandalong.org 1439601 Between a rainbow and a god, three channel kinetic video sculpture (2009) Materials: servo motors, light-weight medium density fiberboard, 3 projectors, 2 speakers, computer, microcontroller, animated video: 3:33 min, dimensions variable Rotating projectors mix three videos to form an animated mandala. The mandala offers self-help wisdom through a Buddha who appears and speaks surrounded by small yoga figures, flowers opening, rainbow bulls eyes spreading and flames. The Buddha’s voice is appropriated from a youtube video in which a man talks directly to camera and viewer about empowerment and the emotional freedom technique. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/107994/1439601/Betweenarainbowandagod_singlechannel_ntsc1.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="377" width_o="853" height_o="480" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/107994/1439601/Betweenarainbowandagod_singlechannel_ntsc1_o.jpg" align="left" />