Re:Cycle

Submitted by Joël Gauthier on Mon, 08/13/2012 - 11:55

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Re:Cycle est une oeuvre qui fait partie d'une série de vidéos ambiantes (Ambient Videos) réalisées par Jim Bizzocchi. Théoriquement, la vidéo de Re:Cycle est une vidéo générative qui peut continuer de jouer à l'infini, sans jamais se répéter tout à fait: elle se nourrit d'un ensemble de séquences tournées dans les Rocheuses canadiennes et d'un ensemble de transitions dont l'enchaînement (séquence / transition / séquence / etc.) est déterminé au hasard.

L'oeuvre, programmée en MaxMSP, est conçue pour être présentée en galerie. Sur le site Web de Bizzocchi, on retrouve les spécifications techniques pour l'installation de l'oeuvre, un court texte explicatif et un échantillon vidéo (captation présentée sans édition, directement à partir du logiciel).

Il est à noter que les images ont été tournées sous la direction photographique de Glen Crawford. De même, Jim Bizzocchi a bénéficié du support des étudiants Saeedeh Bayatpour et Selim Mete ainsi que du professeur Tom Calvert pour la réalisation du projet (notamment pour l'intégration de la fonctionnalité métadonnées).

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Re:Cycle is a visual poem, which relies on computation and chance to extend the visual life of the piece. The programming in Re:Cycle randomly determines both order of shots and type of transition. The technical structure of Re:Cycle is a closed generative system, relying on chance selections from two databases for its operation. The first database is a collection of video shots, the second is a database of transitions. The goal of Re:Cycle is to create an ambient work that will run indefinitely, and will do so without repeating either shot sequences or specific transitional moments. This increase in playability does come with a price - and that price is a loss in aesthetic control over the details of sequencing and transition. One can see this as a tension built into the generative system. A linear video maximizes aesthetic control - the video artist carefully plans and executes the sequencing and the visual transitions. In my own linear video art this is carried out with close - even obsessive - attention to every detail of the transition. The design decision to utilize random sequencing and randomized transitions has added longevity, but has sacrificed a measure of creative control. The set of design problems in Re:Cycle can be seen as a series of challenges along the same continuum - determining the right balance between variability/re-playability on the one hand, and aesthetic control on the other. This balance is addressed throughout the range of specific creative decisions on shot selection, transition choice, and design of transitions. (...) Description of set-up / Re:Cycle runs continuously as a MaxMSP project from a macintosh computer. The images display full-sceen. Ideally the installation will include a medum to large (36-42") flat-panel display placed on closed cabinet which holds the computer. The cabinet should sit against a wall (or back-drop), and provide a viewing space of six to eight feet in front of the display, and three feet to each side of the display.

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