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The Space Art Database

story © Michael Betancourt | published March 27, 2006 | permalink | TwitThis Digg Facebook StumbleUpon  |  View Printable Version



movies: AESTHETICS

The Space Art Database has a lot of surprising things. It is an online database providing information about the arts related to outer space from the middle of the 19th century until the present.






 
Fractalized Video Feedback

story © Michael Betancourt | published March 26, 2006 | permalink | TwitThis Digg Facebook StumbleUpon  |  View Printable Version



random how-tos

I know--video feedback already has most of the characteristics of a fractal. But Video Feedback Fractal Genesis explains how to make your feedback look like a fractal in really obvious ways. Interesting set-up that looks to be worth experimenting with in any case. I imagine it would work even better with a reversible mirror so the reflection in the glass would be bright enough to be readily visible.

The Sample images from this system look good.






 
Jack Ox's Color Organ

story © Michael Betancourt | published March 26, 2006 | permalink | TwitThis Digg Facebook StumbleUpon  |  View Printable Version



research: VISUAL MUSIC

The Color Organ that Jack Ox has on his site looks very interesting. With clips and other info






 
A History of Color Music

story © Michael Betancourt | published March 20, 2006 | permalink | TwitThis Digg Facebook StumbleUpon  |  View Printable Version



research: VISUAL MUSIC

Here is a recent paper discussing the development of Color Music [pdf]. This version is for preview purposes only.






 
Movies by Michael Betancourt on DVD

story © Michael Betancourt | published March 8, 2006 | permalink | TwitThis Digg Facebook StumbleUpon  |  View Printable Version



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MOVIES BY MICHAEL BETANCOURT

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Movies by Michael Betancourt presents a trilogy of movies [Year (2003), Telemetry (2003-5) and Prima Materia (2005) ] that dramatically visualize things usually left unseen. This collection contains 45 movies organized into two modular groups (Year and Telemetry) and one long single work, creating 70 minutes of complex, layered visual abstraction.




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