creative direction

ID:UD 10 Best Videos of 2011

I just found out about this. Next to videos for Trent Reznor, Gary Numan, and IAMX, my video for The Present Moment's "Intrigue" appeared in the ID:UD 10 Best Videos of 2011:

0 January 19, 2012

Moodorgan: Remember the Truth

Moodorgan - Remember the Truth (11.11.11 mix)Moodorgan - Remember the Truth (11.11.11 mix)
I directed the new video for the LA band, Moodorgan:
http://vimeo.com/32375041

2 November 29, 2011

Intrigue (The Present Moment)

The Present Moment - IntrigueThe Present Moment - Intrigue
The new video for The Present Moment (Desire Records / Mannequin Records) is complete.
I wrote and directed. View it, here: http://vimeo.com/29817261

0 October 02, 2011

TOP selectie!

Moodorgan's "prv2" CD (I produced and engineered) was given 9 out of 10 stars by the European magazine Dark Entries - a "top selection" for 2010.

0 July 21, 2010

completing the music video for the latest Moodorgan track

ad hoc render farmthe ad hoc render farm
May 12 was the deadline for completing the edit for Moodorgan's track Remember the Truth [prv2 (9.9.9) mix]. The concept for the video involved a number of "videos-within-a-video" integrated into a futuristic urban environment; with a lot of architecture to render, we had to put a few additional render machines on line.

It was also necessary to integrate a bunch of greenscreen footage shot at our warehouse space downtown.

Most of the editing was executed in Final Cut Pro; Lightwave for the 3D elements, and most of the compositing in After Effects.

The latest edit can be viewed here.

1 May 20, 2010

gesture control of music and visuals

Also this week was the first test of the full-body gesture recognition and translation system, downtown at our warehouse space.
With the audio system, video projection, lighting and laptops to run the audio and video software set up, we strapped the sensor system on dancer Forest and ran a short improvised performance where her movements drove both the music and visual compositions.

0 April 14, 2010

Recent project work - Overview


Interactive applications for individual experiences combine a variety of rich media types and visualization paradigms to provide the user with a deep understanding of a product or brand.

0 January 08, 2010

VS3: visual synthesizer rev. 3


vs3 touchscreen rig with Roland V4 mixervs3 touchscreen rig with Roland V4 mixerVS3: realtime visual synthesis - a visual instrument based on the architecture/approach of a music synthesizer: original images are created in a performance environment by selecting sources (as one would select waveforms on a synthesizer) and applying some sort of method (algorithm) to combine and/or modulate them. Unlike a typical post-production environment, the VS3 system is designed to allow creative decisions to be made on-the-fly in a live performance. This approach is also more advanced than the typical 'VJ' paradigm, as the system doesn't just mix existing sources but actually generates original footage in real-time.

0 April 01, 2007