Telechrome Special Effects Generator

This is an interesting video effects system from 59, to put it into context quad video was only developed in the mid 50s, colour quad became available in 58, Telerecording/Kinescope film recording systems were still in use by the broadcast networks and the earliest machines to be discussed as "video synthesizers" were still a few years off.

Whats interesting about this system is it's relatively open modular nature, something that became less common as the technology became more advanced. The Telechrome system (not to be confused with Baird's early colour tube experiments) contains a waveform generator, a switching amplifier and a control unit for selecting effects. The waveform generator would be used to generate electronic mattes analogous to film mattes and the switching amplifier would place two distinct video sources either side of the geometric form.

Here is the control panel

 you can see each of the systems modules here

And here is the advertisement in full.

I also dug up a later system with a similarly modular aproach.

Sources here:
http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1959/1959-10-05-BC.pdf
http://saltofamerica.com/contents/displayArticle.aspx?19_393

Glass House (1983)

"Video by G.G. Aries
Music by Emerald Web
from California Images: Hi Fi For The Eyes"

New Wave Theater

some amazing if incidental effects, mixing and weirdness from New Wave Theater, thanks to John for passing this my way!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Wave_Theatre
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Ivers
http://adhoc.fm/post/new-wave-theatre/
http://night_flight1.tripod.com/newwavetheatre.html

Bermuda Triangle Lovely Audio Visual Extravaganza featuring James Alec Hardy

He so James gave me the heads up about this great event this Saturday for the benefit of Resonance104.4fm

He will be presenting the first performance of his Ziggurat 00120140215 broadcast system around 20:30ish here is a little sneak preview


and the rest of the audio visual line up looks great too

When: Saturday 15th February 2014 8pm - 2am
Where: Roxy Bar & Screen, 128-132 Borough High St, London SE1 1LB
Door: £5 donation to Resonance104.4fm

more info here 

Mátyás Csiszár & Attila Kujbus

Some feedback work here from Mátyás Csiszár and Attila Kujbus
syncnoise.tumblr.com/
vintagedigitalism.hu/?p=282

https://vimeo.com/demonode

VHS signal and noise experiment made by Mátyás Csiszár and Attila Kujbus.

Music:
Silf & Áron Birtalan - Wavelengths of Destruction pt. I

Technique:
Blaupunkt DVM-1000 mixer,
Sony XV-T500 Superimposer,
Sony XV-C700 Multi Color Corrector
and 2 video recorder.

and here is one more

Wipe Poem

new-ish vid