{"id":424,"date":"2014-11-10T12:49:33","date_gmt":"2014-11-10T12:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xinaesthetic.net\/?p=424"},"modified":"2016-10-01T13:22:24","modified_gmt":"2016-10-01T12:22:24","slug":"feedback-variations-at-goldsmiths-creative-machine-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/xinaesthwp.loc\/2014\/11\/feedback-variations-at-goldsmiths-creative-machine-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"Feedback Variations at Goldsmiths &#8220;Creative Machine&#8221; exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"kad-wp-gallery90\" class=\"kad-wp-gallery kad-light-wp-gallery clearfix kt-gallery-column-3 rowtight\"><div class=\"tcol-lg-4 tcol-md-4 tcol-sm-4 tcol-xs-6 tcol-ss-12 g_item\"><div class=\"grid_item kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/xinaesthwp.loc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/B1sSfDnIYAAuVZx.jpg-large.jpeg\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img 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sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>I am privileged to present two &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/doc.gold.ac.uk\/creativemachine\/program\/feedback-variations\/\" target=\"_blank\">Feedback Variations<\/a>&#8221; works at a large group show at Goldsmiths, including a new piece &#8220;Cardboard Box Recursion&#8221; for Google Cardboard.<\/p>\n<p>Also present at the exhibition is the latest iteration of William Latham&#8217;s Mutator 2, including my audio work on headphones and projections onto mirrors, plus another piece for which I implemented integration between the Mutator software and a computer vision system.<\/p>\n<p>This work was briefly featured on BBC Click, where the presenter said of my work &#8220;Who needs Escher when you can climb inside Escher&#8217;s kaleidoscope?&#8221;.  I like that description&#8230; but here&#8217;s my wordier one from the exhibition blurb:<\/p>\n<div class=\"blockquote blockquote-full postclass clearfix\">\n<p class=\"p1\">This work is part of an ongoing technical and artistic exploration of feedback-based processes. It represents a refinement of some of these techniques into a form which is minimalistic in its algorithmic structure while \u2013 like an early Steve Reich phase piece \u2013 beguilingly complex in its perceptual effect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In contrast to the pervasive feature-creep that can infect software development, much of the process behind this work is concerned with the removal of elements non-essential to the pure expression of the underlying phenomena. As works in their own right, these stand coherent and fully-formed. The starkness of their largely black and white appearance is not a technical limitation, but a facet of the desire to retain clarity as well as a reflection of the underlying simplicity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The techniques used need not necessarily have these austere limitations and indeed can \u2013 in different variations, not presented here \u2013 incorporate rich palettes of colour. Other uses may also complement more complex environments in peculiarly satisfying ways.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In the case of both of the variations displayed here, the process involves video feedback of the form where the results of the previous frame\u2019s rendering are used as visual input to each new frame. This colour value is inverted and rendered onto some simple geometry which remains static while the viewer\u2019s manipulation of the \u2018camera\u2019 through which it is viewed changes. The use of colour inversion helps to ensure that the results do not tend to \u2018blow out\u2019 or decay excessively as patterns converge or diverge, allowing wide ranging exploration of the space of possible patterns without too often being stranded in featureless desserts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Also crucial to the design of these variations is the use of solid \u2018frames\u2019 of pure black (or black with a white stripe), which serve to provide the system with a consistent input signal encouraging the formation of stable patterns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In <i>Fractaleid <\/i>(for iPad, with other platforms pending release at the time of writing), the geometry on which the feedback is rendered is a kaleidoscopic plane. The viewer manipulates a 2d camera with pan, pinch and rotate gestures on the touchscreen corresponding to movement, zooming and rotation. A black rectangular frame on the outside of the rendered image provides<br \/>\na stable graphical input, while subtly coloured dots appear under users\u2019 fingers; sometimes changing the entire appearance of the image as they are incorporated into the feedback.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The variation <i>Cardboard Box Recursion <\/i>(Android &amp; Cardboard) explores the synthesis of a unique and compelling virtual reality environment distinct from resource intensive graphics techniques that attempt to produce a realistic, representational view of the world. It uses a 3d environment consisting of a cube, with the viewer placed in the center. The camera through which the feedback loop occurs uses a damped version of the viewer\u2019s head movements, opening up an expressive dynamic interaction with the chaotic geometries as they unfurl into endless tunnels and spiralling voids. The \u2018frame\u2019 consists of a black and white stripe along each of the edges of the cube.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am privileged to present two &#8220;Feedback Variations&#8221; works at a large group show at Goldsmiths, including a new piece &#8220;Cardboard Box Recursion&#8221; for Google Cardboard. Also present at the exhibition is the latest iteration of William Latham&#8217;s Mutator 2, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/xinaesthwp.loc\/2014\/11\/feedback-variations-at-goldsmiths-creative-machine-exhibition\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"kt_blocks_editor_width":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/xinaesthwp.loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/xinaesthwp.loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/xinaesthwp.loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/xinaesthwp.loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/xinaesthwp.loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/xinaesthwp.loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":443,"href":"http:\/\/xinaesthwp.loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424\/revisions\/443"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/xinaesthwp.loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/xinaesthwp.loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/xinaesthwp.loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/xinaesthwp.loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}