danwinckler.com » maintenance http://danwinckler.com Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:16:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Site redesign http://danwinckler.com/blog/archives/2008/08/25/site_redesign/ http://danwinckler.com/blog/archives/2008/08/25/site_redesign/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:50:56 +0000 bene http://danwinckler.com/?p=1038 A new look for danwinckler.com is upon us! Please excuse any leftover bits that still need to be swept under the carpet. If you notice something particularly funky, feel free to yell at me through this address.

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]]> http://danwinckler.com/blog/archives/2008/02/21/work-in-progress_documentary_on_bill_etra/feed/ 2 Analog video art doubleplus good http://danwinckler.com/blog/archives/2006/05/08/analog_video_art_doubleplus_good/ http://danwinckler.com/blog/archives/2006/05/08/analog_video_art_doubleplus_good/#comments Tue, 09 May 2006 04:54:21 +0000 dan http://danwinckler.com/wp/archives/2006/05/08/analog_video_art_doubleplus_good/ I saw Flipped Chips at Galapagos tonight, a show of video art by contemporary artists and pioneers like Nam June Paik, Bill Etra and Matthew Schlanger. Works that stood out to me: Matthew Schlanger (beautiful synthesis, all built from oscillators); Karl Klomp, with music by toktek (simple distortion of a vid of a dog, triggered by audio, the results seemed so violent); Jon Satrom (nice sprite rip stuff with a sense of humor); Defanti/Sandin (really pretty and mesmerizing math psychedelia with a charming how-we-do-it video at the beginning); noteNdo / Johnny Beverley 1989! / Jeff, who I played with at the big chiptunes show back in October (excellent textures from hacking the NES). And there was a great Bit Shifter track with Jeff’s video. Speaking of which, Bit Shifter has a new album out and so does David Sugar!

Man I’m tired.

Anyway, to finish up — great stuff. It drove this home:

  • it’s all simple things added together. no magic.
  • minds are pattern recognition engines.
  • the best stuff is elusive and evocative.

Also, I had a fun idea for projections @ Galapagos that I’m going to bounce off of CJ. Now I can crash. Thank Jeebus. I’m still not recovered from the end of the semester pushzzzzzz….

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