One (2007 Incarnation)


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This is old-school analog light herding using a standard definition prototype of the Video Feedback Machine. No computers were used (or harmed) in the creation of these images.


This was created with the second incarnation of the (2007) with an old standard definition cathode ray tube TV. I de-soldiered the hue / contrast / saturation / brightness knobs and removed them from the TV's circuit board, then lengthened the wires going to them so I could change the camera's position and rotation while turning these analog knobs (it's all about the knobs).


Music: Einstürzende Neubauten

Two (2007 Incarnation)


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This was also made with the second (2007) device.

Music: Jerry Sneede & Harmon Leste

A Spark of Life (2003 Incarnation)


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This was made with the first incarnation of the feedback device (2003) with a standard definition CRT TV and a Sony Mavica
MVC-CD500, and it starts with a
"spark of life."

Music: Russill Paul

First Prototype (2003)



This is the first incarnation (Provincetown, MA, 2003). Max "Baby Noodles" Mueller helped me find what I needed for this at the hardware store.

The second iteration (Hollywood, Florida, 2007) had the television's
hue / contrast / brightness / saturation knobs de-soldered, rewired, and brought up to the yoke (unfortunately I have no photos of this incarnation of the device).

This photo is slightly faked. Since I had only one camera, this picture was taken with the camera that would normally be sitting in the wooden box (with the output wire going to the TV), and the image on the TV is playback from VHS of a previous recording session.

The camera in this first prototype was a Sony Mavica MVC-CD500, and the camera in the second prototype was a small mid-90s era security camera.

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Here's some more work you might be interested in:

Experiments in Text-to-Image 1
Smooth Transitions of Zoom, Rotation, Pan, and Learning Rate

Experiments in Text-to-Image 2
Your Dreams Are True

Experiments in Text-to-Image 3
You're Going to Fly Away

The Blorgon Chronicles Human / AI Storytime

People Photography / Animal Photography / Landscape Photography

Gazing into Middlespace
A 21st Century Koyaanisqatsi

The Golden Record II

Soundcloud weirdness

Enlightened Editing Shortcuts, used to edit the West Wing 2002/2020 Intercut Video (see the relocated version here)

Video Demo Reel

Video Reel 2 An addendum to the video reel

DaveBlairLeft
/ DaveBlairRight Two Instagram feeds that, when placed side-by-side, make up one whole

Experiments in Instagramming Playing with the form's conventions

Some Circuit Bending of a vintage transistor radio

Empty Knot (MTNOT) Music To Nod Off To

A Family Zoom from Hell

The Live Photo Retrospective Collection

Future Gifts from the Past A series of odd glimpses into the past - including some very early innovative video feedback expermimenting