Studio Reactions

Bryan reacting to the camera in studio



Dave reacting to the camera in studio



Elizabeth reacting to her image on the camera screen, 'looking' at the Guernica in studio



Grace reacting to her image on the camera screen



Siobhan reacting to the camera in studio



Collective screening of the reaction videos (random idea- probably not going to use in relation to project)

Reactions edited

These are reactions edited to focus on expressions. The videos are reactions to the the reactions recorded of dave and grace last week. These are just experiments, I will stick with the static shot for the actual project videos.

Anaelle Reacting/Blinking to Dave's Reaction Video



Laura Reacting to Grace's Reaction Video/Looking up at Simon



Michelle Reacting to Grace's Reaction Video

Video Reactions

Dave Reacting to Jackson Pollock Painting



Grace Reacting to Stan Brakhage Mothlight

Interrupting the Screen Project: Video Reactions (Tests)

I used iShowU at first, but the watermark was too intrusive in the demo. I switched to Screen Mimic, although I'd probably use iShowU if I could get access to the full program.

The first video I recorded with Screen Mimic (which I won't upload because the file size is inexplicably big) is a recorded reaction of me watching a video on William S. Burroughs on youtube. (There's a time limit on recordings in the demo version of Screen Mimic, so videos will only be 30 seconds for the trials.) Also in this first recording, I didn't realise there was a watermark on the Screen Mimic demo recordings as well, so my position on screen isn't ideal.

The second video is a reaction to the first 30 seconds of Un Chien Andalou.



The third video is a reaction to the second recorded reaction.



The fourth video is a reaction to the third video.

Interrupting the Screen Project Development

Interrupting the Screen Project

Basically what I want to do with this project is examine the role the audience plays in creating the artwork. I'm going to take this very literally and make the audience the artwork.

I want to create an installation which consists of 3 or 4 'white cubes'. in these cubes, video loops will be playing, triggered by the viewer coming into the space. On these loops, recordings of reactions to another video will be playing. The videos on show will be 'placebo' videos; in one of the cubes, the viewer watching the loop will be filmed. His reaction will then be streamed into one of the other cubes, so as to leave the viewer unaware he was being filmed.

I'll be using isadora and final cut pro, but given the time limits, i probably won't be able to realize my idea in its entirety. I hope to have about 4 placebo videos shot, and optimistically speaking i'll be able to create a prototype of the white cubes.