Tag: LoVid

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video

Hugs on Tape (Tanya/Papa)

Two colorful figures embrace in front of a pink to yellow ombre background.
Hugs on Tape (Tanya/Papa) - LoVid

Hugs on Tape satisfies a visceral need for physical contact in the pandemic era. We wanted to distribute Hug Simulations that can share bursts of joy and intimacy. We sent a call out to friends and family requesting recordings of hugs with someone in their pod. The recordings captured tenderness and love among those spending more time than ever together, and a choreography of closeness inside the familiar frame of video, animation, and Zoom calls. The series is created with tools ranging from handmade audio/video synthesizers to smartphones and digital animation software. All the patterns and colors in Hugs on Tape are made exclusively with hardware, analog synthesizers and other analog instruments. Although some were found or borrowed, LoVid’s handmade synthesizers are the primary instruments used in LoVid recordings for over a decade.

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video

Sewing Blue

 This video is a digitally edited composition that combines camera based action and moving image

recorded live with analog synthesizers.

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video

Mystery M()()N

A circular lens capturing an image over a gem-like surface.

 This video is a digitally edited composition of moving image and sound recorded live with analog

synthesizers.

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animation

Object5 (Young Antiquities)

An unknown colorful object spins in the air against a blue gradient background.

Young Antiquities, a series of media objects, embraces relationships between time and physical

presence, a post-material world and the reality of decomposition. We 3D scanned a group of

textile sculptures called Video Taxidermy using an array of 3D capture devices, from high-end

tools for paleontological research to handheld App-based camera-scans. These digital

re-compositions are presented as animated virtual sculptures in GIF form and some have their

own 3D .obj file for future 3D printing. The objects themselves are created from patterns of

analog video recordings, twisted and sewn together into abstract small shapes that resemble

organs, glitches, relics of retrofuturistic garments.

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animation

Object2 (Young Antiquities)

Young Antiquities, a series of media objects, embraces relationships between time and physical

presence, a post-material world and the reality of decomposition. We 3D scanned a group of

textile sculptures called Video Taxidermy using an array of 3D capture devices, from high-end

tools for paleontological research to handheld App-based camera-scans. These digital

re-compositions are presented as animated virtual sculptures in GIF form and some have their

own 3D .obj file for future 3D printing. The objects themselves are created from patterns of

analog video recordings, twisted and sewn together into abstract small shapes that resemble

organs, glitches, relics of retrofuturistic garments.

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digital image

Winter Supreme

An image of trees with a blue, green, and yellow toned sky in the background.

 Digital photo made with a combination of physical and digital filters.

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digital image

Somesunsets

Layers of an image of trees juxtaposed atop each other against a hot pink background.

 This digital photo was made by using physical colored filters on a custom built temporospatial camera.

The camera was engineered for LoVid by Douglas Repetto with custom software and Raspberry Pi. The

camera has no viewfinder, it creates real time collages based on photos taken in sequence. It is designed

to enhance the connection between the cameraperson, the instrument, and the natural environment.

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digital image

One

An image of a blue screen with blue and purple stripes stacked halfway up the screen. A red and green curved shape comes through the center and exits through the left side of the image.

 Video still captured from a live video recording made entirely with analog synthesizers and image

processors.

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digital image

Mondays

An image of trees on a textured, teal surface.

 This digital image was made by digitally altering a photo made with LoVid’s custom built temporospatial

camera. The camera was engineered for LoVid by Douglas Repetto with custom software and Raspberry

Pi. The camera has no viewfinder, it creates real time collages based on photos taken in sequences. It is

designed to enhance the connection between the cameraperson, the instrument, and the natural

environment.

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digital image

Trees Fall

A digital landscape of colorful trees with a transparent sphere in the center.

 Large scale digital collage of photos and images created with LoVid’s analog video synthesizer. This work

was created for an outdoor exhibition in Olana, NY at the home of Fredric Church; it is LoVid’s first

contemporary landscape work.