dissolve

dissolve is a moving image work that explores our engagement with the screen as a surface. It is a contemplation of the process of image transmission and reception; a topography of digital surface information.

Our contemporary experience of visual information is frequently mediated by a screen. The screen is the primary interface for electronic media; the pixel is the basic unit of composition of a screen image. The screen is a constantly changing field of visual information, quite different from the static nature of photographs.
Photographs form the basis of dissolve. Transitions (cross dissolves) are used to link photographic images and generate movement between frames. The dissolves become sites of tension and release; of emergence and dissipation. This process is amplified by the compression (codec) and resolution of the work, which makes conscious the interplay of "little squares" that form the basis of electronic images on screen.

The mathematical computations - the algorithms that encode and decode our information, are hidden behind interfaces. There are degrees of separation that exist between our interactions and the operational logic of technological apparatuses. Embedded in the ambient soundtrack of dissolve is an encoded aural description of the process of its making. It is a soundscape designed for the contemplation of our contemporary visual experiences; and to highlight the levels of discrete, inaccessible information that accompany these visual encounters.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• art
• creative
• experimental
• pixel
• pink
• abstract
• dissolve
• transitions

[bigblue1212009]

This makes me feel like I'm under water looking up while an LED display changes colors, all while playing ambient music/tones... Very peaceful and great for meditating...

On another note it has a very embryonic feel to it... I guess that's what made me think of ^^^ above statement.

[spiritofboz]

Fascinating, even hypnotizing ! These ever changing colors are fantastic !

[frankinbolton]

Not sure which made me more dizzy: the visual or the description. Did enjoy your work in a "Narada", "New Age" way though.

[schnickita]

A lot of inspiration for my own movies. Thanks. =:@]

[VeeZeePea]

I'm interested in similar ideas, this is v good work.

[lozafj]

nice work...great music also!