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Interaction – P3M Collective October 13 2010

How to Make a Fractal

A process recording of how I create a fractal in my Max / Jitter app. From the initial flash of noise to “prime” the feedback loop, through the creation of five seperate feedback channels, including some kaliedoscope and zoom effects, all generated using feedback. Enjoy!

Baroque Pipeorgan Dream

The intricacy on this one is a wonderful surprise – I didn’t know you could get that much detail out of video feedback. It looks as if it was painted.

Geiger’s Peacock

A 4-channel virtual feedback fractal using a mirror/distort on one of the channels. Really happy with how this one came out. Here are some other stills from the project:

Live Performance – Strobe

The light show for the opening party of Luminz Studio in Brattleboro, VT.

Spectral Eyebud Plant

This is a digital-analogue hybrid creature – one side of the loop uses my jitter patcher, input through a sony digital camera, and output on my Viewsonic projector. The other side goes in through another digital camera and direct out to my honkin’ old CRT projector. I like the combination of the raw 3-color 80′s technology and the cool clean …

Flame Fractal

This one was done entirely in Max Jitter. It’s using footage of a candle flame as a seed image for the fractal.

Clockwork Phantom

This is one of the most intricate creatures I’ve created to date. I love how the motion results in the spirals almost looking like brass scrollwork.

Molten Angel Embryo

This creature, titled Molten Angel Embryo, projected on the wall of my studio in Vermont in 2008. You can see me interacting. If you look closely you can see my arms get absorbed into the fractal and produce change and reaction.