Decomposition v3.3

http://www.mikecelona.net - A demonstration of the extreme perceptual shifts that can occur when mediated reality literally starts to break down, 'Decomposition' is a remix of found footage shot by an unknown amateur filmmaker documenting a trip to a local carnival or amusement park in Rochester, NY circa the 1960s in which the already chemically damaged film is randomly subjected to five cumulative layers of digital distortion (six if you count the original uploader's act of converting the source film to a digital format) and mashed up in real time using Arkaos Grand VJ mixing software. The soundtrack consists of a synthesized organ rendition of the popular song 'Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head' which accompanies a carousel located in New York's Central Park and is also mashed up in tandem with the visuals. Finally, the repetitive droning note at the end is the result of the VJ program crashing during the climax of the performance--an occurrence which happened so consistently during rehearsals that I decided to incorporate it into the piece. Viva la glitch!

Special thanks to Chad Hunter for making the source film freely available online:
http://www.archive.org/details/homemovie_decomposed_carnival

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• mike
• celona
• decomposition
• experimental
• art
• glitch
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• vj
• mix
• remix
• carnival
• amusement
• park
• recreation
• trip

[pslogge]

In my vision, external reality is always mediated-even by our dear unreliable senses. This video made me think that when reality cracks down, the remains of it still contain tiny and hardly recognisable pieces of that reality. Then comes the turn of subjectivity-memory, consciousness, judgement etc- to restructure these remains into a coherent meaning. What if that part (subjectivity) fail to do its job? Applying this thought into our modern world scares me.

[mikecelona]

@pslogge I hear you on that!

[richardcurrier]

WOW MIKE... I'VE JUST WATCHED IT 3 TIMES. I'll never look at TV again.

THUMBS UP

[mikecelona]

@richardcurrier Thanks!

[combinatoric]

I use the word awesome sparingly ... but this truly is frightfully awesome.

[mikecelona]

@combinatoric Thank you!

[MLuckman]

@pslogge

i use to say: "that if I don't compose, I will decompose".... wish that were still true today,

keep creating, need more time to absorb it, very creative!

[TheArtificialArtist]

what a wonderful idea to the theme park! congratulations for the wonderful effects!

[jaqaru]

Original vid!

[DAZUPYOU]

Very nice i like it it is great :):)

[antnhec]

very nice

[TheFolksinger]

Interesting. The second time watching for me.

[SteveSparx]

lifes a merry go round lol

[0Urge0]

Amusement park...?

[projektleben]

@pslogge Das sind interesannte Gedanken die Du da äußerst!