South Kiosk Summer Screen #2 - Oscillate Wildly

South Kiosk have turned their gallery into a screening space, for a series of one-off events taking place over the course of latter summer months.

For the second installment of their Summer Screen programme, South Kiosk will work with a number of artists, musicians and technologists to construct an immersive installation of flickering CRT surfaces. The various works will offer up a series of experiments in visual mutation through analogue processes, and the degradation of video signal and the VHS tape format. These different approaches offer perspective on a particular branch of filmmaking, and sonic experimentation.

Featuring work by: James Alec Hardy, Phil Baljeu, Will Cenci, Greg Zifcak, Dan Sandin!

southkiosk.com

Scott Kiernan

A very smart utilisation of generation loss from Scott
"12 generations of dubbing builds each successive entrance/exit."
http://www.scottkiernan.com/

Entropic Door from Scott Kiernan on Vimeo.

Conservation of Electronic & Experimental Film & Video

 Conservation is a difficult thing when it comes to experimental work that by it's very nature can be created through delicate transient systems whose functions are often based on specific properties of the medium that the artist/technician choses to work in. In addition to the fragile nature of the synthesis or animation systems used to create the work pretty much every recording media from modern film stock through magnetic video to CRT tubes, are decaying. In addition to this decay items like CRT tubes are being supplanted by other technologies and whilst the potential to manufacture one off custom replacements is always there and yes you could make a small production run of colour 35mm film it will usually not be economically viable and over and above this the accuracy, experience of the industry and calibration of mass produced components and film stock means that it would be very unlikely you would end up with a comparable tool. These issues are also very present in computer and online work and are probably compounded a million times when discussing anything as medium specific as glitch work which usually relies on specific codec's, machines or a combination of the two. Another personal concern of mine is that institutions focus on preserving the 'spirit' of the work rather than slavishly preserving the exact technical specification or indeed remake the work in a completely unsympathetic way 'faking' or replacing real 'honest' processes. Another concern of mine with the democratisation of digital and electronic art and artists with non academic backgrounds creating amazing work (which has always been the case there are just way more of them now) I think it's important for conservators to really understand the technical side of the process to inform their decisions when choosing what to do about conserving work from an artist who may not have given any instructions of what the conceptual core of the work is (there may not be any) That said I think most conservators in this field are pretty amazing at doing just that and here are some recent examples I have been show of interesting projects some of which I am sure you will have already seen.

The XFR STN project at  the New Museum,  now finished is one of the coolest projects.
http://xfrstn.newmuseum.org Basically the project makes available a conservation technician and a whole load of equipment that allows anyone with content on obsolete media formats to come and get a conversion done as well as then creating an archive of the content collected which will be made available on archive.org, amazing really and some great work has come to light already even though the project has only just finished.

Dov Jacobson's Human Vectors is one of the stand out pieces 

also these links are interesting

http://www.newmuseum.org/calendar/view/born-digital-conservation-in-the-computer-age

http://www.newmuseum.org/calendar/view/always-already-obsolete-considering-the-convergence-of-analog-and-digital-media-in-xfr-stn
http://rhizome.org/editorial/2013/sep/9/video-born-digital-now-online/

Here is a collection of videos from Smithsonian American Art Museum about conserving and recreating Nam June Paik's work, a difficult task and one not devoid of irony as Paik's with his fluxus and performative background would probably be amused at the efforts undertaken to maintain his more transient work's in a frozen from, all the same amazing work. 

http://www.americanart.si.edu/conservation/program_docs/paik_conservation.pdf

and another video from MOMA Conservation

At the end of the month I am going to see a CVM screening at the Tate going to try and make the Bristol one too, which includes some of the centres most recently conserved new discoveries and restorations, without conservation work of this type I doubt I would get to see any of this sort of work. Can't wait to see the Jordan Belson and Fischinger work.

It will be interesting to see what gets done about data corruption destructural, self destructive and work based around decay like Decasia (excerpt embedded below) or VHS generation loss based work or allot of circuit bent and glitch based work? how do we conserve work that destroys itself and should we?

On the other hand many experimental artist's and film makers are incredibly secretive about their techniques (I'm looking at you Belson) and while I am personally all for sharing everything including my techniques, I can see secrecy as a strategy to try and prevent or slow down commodification of your output might work (and can also make you seem like some transcendental visual wizard). While I find film, video and hardware conservation amazing there is still something slightly unsettling about it, maybe too much documentation analysis and maintenance misses the point of allot of this work or maybe without the obsessives that go to far we wouldn't have the skills in the industry to do any conservation and I would never have seen some of my favourite work? 

also organisations of note, might add more when I remember them

http://www.AMIAnet.org/

http://www.cmstudies.org/?page=groups_animatedmedia

http://www.cinecon.org/ 

thanks to John, Philip,  Camila and people on varous forums for links to work ect

Eat Static Intrusion 1994 VHS

Footage of rave visuals computer generated 65 minutes from Eat Static 

Everything Unseen

Everything Unseen is new a VHS label, specializing in experimental animation.
http://everythingunseen.com/

makes me want to get my VHS stuff done

The Nocturnal Emissions' "Bleeding Images" + "The Foetal Grave of Progress"

John of  of now defunct but fantastic blog Destructural Video has organised a screening showing two 1980's videos from the sound art project Nocturnal Emissions who as well as being involved in industrial/electronic music in the eighties were also early pioneers in scratch video.

Thursday, 14 February 2013, Wharf Chambers Ground Floor, 23 - 25 Wharf Street, LS2 7EQ Leeds

http://www.facebook.com/events/407157019370475/ video

"Limerent Objects is proud to present a Sterile Records double bill screening of:

BLEEDING IMAGES (1982, 46 minutes, VHS)
THE FOETAL GRAVE OF PROGRESS (1984, 34 minutes, VHS)

Perhaps THE quintessential audiovisual statements of the post-industrial music scene. Provocative in content, prescient in style, these medium-length videos captured the subversive interests and activities of the pioneering sound art project The Nocturnal Emissions against a contextual backdrop of the UK between 1981 and 1984; a time rife with mass unemployment, civil unrest, media hysteria, political indifference, terrorism and war overseas. Burroughsian cut-ups reveal subliminal imagery hidden in exploitative mainstream broadcasting; shocking images of real-life violence against living beings are critically employed to expose our complacency in everyday cruelty; the thunderous soundscapes and ritual performances of The Nocturnal Emissions awaken the viewer's senses to our undermining culture controlled by fear and repression...

Rarely viewed since their initial home video releases and screenings at the Tate and ICA in the UK as a result of the imposing 1984 Video Recordings Act, both videos remain impressive today as early influential examples of the extended music video and key moments of the British independent video art movement. Countless artists and broadcasters have emulated or outright stolen the ambitions, aesthetics and techniques used in the videos of The Nocturnal Emissions, either directly or through watered-down copies - few however can match the tremendous power of the original works which are long overdue public and critical reassessment in these increasingly pertinent times.

Free entry with small donations welcomed. Doors open at 7:30. A short talk and introduction by the organiser will precede the first video at 8pm - second video will be shown after 9pm. Please be aware that these videos contains flashing images and some footage that may disturb those of a sensitive disposition.

Special thanks to Nigel Ayers/Earthly Delights and Piitu Lintunen for making this event possible.

*Wharf Chambers Co-operative Club is a members’ club, and you need to be a member, or a guest of a member, in order to attend. To join, please visit wharfchambers.org. Membership costs £1 and requires a minimum of 48 hours to take effect.*"

http://www.earthlydelights.co.uk/
http://nocturnalemissions.bandcamp.com/
http://www.nigelayers.com/

Apple II

this makes me want an old apple again with a pal card

http://www.youtube.com/user/FOCtv

MODULITV, HOBO CUBES - Color Exchange VHS

hobocult.blogspot.com/2011/08/hobo-cubes-color-exchange-vhs.html
https://vimeo.com/modulitv

Tapescape Catford

Thanks to my friend and co worker Owen for pointing this one out right under my nose
Tapescape Catford! can't believe I missed this one, even if my laptops heat sink is bust. Definatly heading down tomorrow. Not sure about the Video Amnesty, ill be haning on to my VHS videos and players ect :)

"About
Politics surrounding the videocassette
Description
We are taking over the now empty Blockbuster Video Store in Catford, South East London to explore the politics surrounding the videocassette.


Using art installations, soundscapes, spoken word, discussions, talks, screenings, dance, games and more, the intervention questions the impact video has made on all our lives, how it affected our behaviour and the huge environmental cost of our short lived innovations.



We will be holding a 'Video Amnesty' allowing Lewisham residents to bring in old video cassettes[1] and players to be returned to the shelves for one last time before heading off to be completely recycled and re-emerge as something new



FIRST VIEW OF THE LINE UP! 

TUESDAY 17TH, 7.30PM
CASSETTIQUETTE
VH-ESSAY DIRECTED BY KAI CLEAR
EXT-1 INTERACTIVE AUDIO VISUAL INSTALLATIONS BY NATHAN HARMER
I LOVE VIDEOTAPE BY JONATHAN PIGRAM
MORE FILMS, AUDIO EXHIBITS AND BAR
TUNES BY DJ NOVA

THURSDAY 19TH, 7.30PM
PROVOCATION: HOW TECHNOLOGY MAKES OUR BODY ITS BUSINESS: JANE FONDA, LEISURE, AND THE EMBODIMENT OF THE GOOD CITIZEN BY ROANNA MITCHELL
HTTP://WWW.PLATFORM-7.COM/APPS/BLOG/SEARCH?Q=ROANNA
VISUAL ART RESPONSE BY DARREN SPERRING
HTTP://WWW.PLATFORM-7.COM/GALLERY#!__GALLERY/2011-EXHIBITIONS/VSTC27=DARREN-SPERRING
DANCE RESPONSE BY MELANIE SIMPSON
HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=UD4WRFWQLGU

FRIDAY 20TH (TBC) 8PM
RIOT ACT 2012 (TBC)
PERFORMANCE BY
TOM BRESOLIN & ALEXIS MILNE (TBC)
PIE N MASH FILMS – IF IT IS SAFE TO SHOW (TBC)
HTTP://WWW.PIENMASHFILMS.COM/
PRINCESS BRITANNIA - SHE KNOWS WHAT IS GOING ON (TBC)
HTTPS://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/ PROFILE.PHP?ID=100001488826532
LIVE PERFORMANCE BY SCULPTURE
HTTP://TAPEBOX.CO.UK/

SATURDAY 21ST, 7.30PM
EXPLODING CINEMA
VHS EXPLOSION
HTTP:// WWW.EXPLODINGCINEMA.ORG/

SUNDAY 22ND
THE MARATHON MAN FILM QUIZ, 3-6PM
HOSTED BY DAN CALLADINE
HTTP:// DIGITAL-EXAMPLES.BLOGSPOT.CO.UK/2012/01/RETURN-OF-FERRIS-BUELLER.HTML
VJ LEPKE, 8.30PM (TBC)
AN ORIGINAL VHS VJ
HTTP://SOUNDCLOUD.COM/LEPKE-B

THE OLD BLOCKBUSTERS VIDEO STORE

95 Rushey Green, Catford , SE6 4AF [map]
www.platform-7.com

This event has been enabled due to the kind support of the London Borough of Lewisham and its Valuer Team for the building and the Waste Management Team and Environmental Recycling Services for supporting our Video Amnesty"

FALSE AWAKENINGS Celeste Byers

VIDEO BY CELESTE BYERS

MUSIC BY DISAPPEARING PEOPLE
SCOTT JOHNSTON & LANDON BATES

FILMING ASSISTANCE BY

MIKO REVEREZA & DREW FEHLMAN

Video created using live action time-lapse photographs. I animated and edited in AfterEffects, then filmed the digital file on VHS

Felisha Ledesma

Good Amount - Orange Pack from Felisha Ledesma on Vimeo.



Good Amount - Data Time from Felisha Ledesma on Vimeo.


Felisha Ledesma

Neil Gravander

Neil Gravander
http://www.myspace.com/luckyb0ne
scroll down for article 

Johnny Woods and Dpony VHS Movie/Album

Dpony Movie is available on VHS tape in a limited edition of 100 copies.
Orders are available now for the price of $19.99 (including shipping and handling, USA only)

http://www.dponymovie.com/

TIMROD - CARTOON CREATED WITH DELUXE PAINT on an AMIGA 500

OK so this is a little less hardware based than usual but I just had to post it due to the insanity

redsquirrels noisy video creations

Jason aka redsquirrels has been uploading some very compelling video work that has a really individual/personal human feel (which I think is can be hard in glitch/media art)

check his blog here for weird and awesome explanations

video feedback for toshiba v3

here is some cool video from a guy called zenpho I did a post on back here

VHS Artifacts

here is an interesting work utilizing many glitches collected from old home movie VHS tapes from videogoddess very inspiring

Italian Video Collective CADEO!

check out this stuff!  recommend me by Tom from the very interesting doggoestojail blog
the videos are from the work of Italian Video collective CADEO

VHS Feedback

Here is some VHS feedback work by thing on vimeo

Accidental Video Feedback From Transferring Footage

here is a lovely glitch made all the more interesting by the fact it's completely accidental! (as all true glitch should be) bonus Steve Buscemi appearance! from DreamingTurtle on youtube