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Live video performance excerpt.
Aug 28th
An excerpt from a live video performance piece by Hfour. Originally performed at Ultra’s grand opening event, June 2008.
Music: Micah Lukasewich’s remix of Tommib by Squarepusher – Oldschoolin’ Booty.
Software: Modul8
Some loops in this clip were provided by: Lightryhthmvisuals and AnalogRecycling.
Wet Paint Redux
Aug 28th
Hfour did a live painting show at Ever on the 29th of May 2008. Musical accompaniment by Esie and a traditional flute player.
Here is the write-up from the flyer:
Hfour explores the transience and ephemerality of life using paint as a metaphor. By intentionally repurposing traditional artists’ materials, he expresses a paradigm shift which suggests the awareness of the impermanent nature of contemporary society (disposable). Hfour channels primal expressions incorporated with reactive gestures to perform a painting without termination.
A collaborative performance with Flyflyfly reinforces the convergence of technology and human instinct; the postmodern city and the condition of society.
Two pieces were performed, both canvases were destroyed after the show.
Also included are photographs from the first live painting show performed in 2002 in Canada.
Animated Blacklist Logos
Aug 23rd
Produced for the August 2008 BlackList event at Crystal Lounge. Original Crest courtesy of Euroculture & Antique 505 stock imagery book.
Animated BlackList logos from Stuart Ward on Vimeo.
Exivision
Aug 23rd
A friend of mine emailed me to express his wish to attend my Art show and misspelled the word exhibition as exivision. I was impressed with his new word and named the show after it. The longer title was “Thunder Dragons and Flying Tigers: Visions of Bhutan.
Exivision toured through three exhibition spaces, two in Tokyo (2006 and 2007) and one in Kyoto (2007).
P1X3L5
Aug 22nd
Digital photographs from outward journeys, Digital prints from inward journeys.
December 10th-20th 2005, at Art Cocktail in Nakatsu, Osaka, Japan.
VJ Vault
Aug 22nd
Hfour recently uploaded a large number of loops to the VJvault.com website.
View them here. Sign up for a membership to download.
Experiment in Infrared (IR) Photography
Aug 22nd
A Canon IXY 500 camera was modified to take the following photos. Almost all digital Cameras have a Infrared cut filter installed over the sensor to filter out unwanted IR radiation. This ‘problem’ can be ‘fixed’ by opening the camera, electrocuting yourself with the flash capacitor, removing the cut filter, replacing it with a filter that cuts out the visible spectrum and only allows IR radiation, and putting the camera back together. Warranties will be voided, frustration will grow, and difficulties will be overcome, and in the end, you too can take Infrared pictures with your very own digital camera. Buy a cheap used camera in Akiba to use as the victim. Now if I could only figure out where that one extra screw fits.
Experiment in Motion Tracking #3
Aug 22nd
This video was created using one LED tracking point.
Motion Tracking Experiment from Stuart Ward on Vimeo.
Experiment in Motion Tracking #2
Aug 22nd
This experiment in motion tracking was performed with small sized fluorescent orange tracking points (stickers). Unfortunately, the tracking application failed to recognize the tracking point as it moved from light backgrounds to dark backgrounds, and to finish the experiment, keyframes were used.
Heart Animation from Stuart Ward on Vimeo.
The video is available for download on stockxpert here.
Thanks again to S.A. for being such an excellent model/actress.