VideoSync is a 3 day program of creative video art and performance in the Lloyd Mall sponsored by the Synth Library.
Each day runs 11:30AM to 5 or 8 and each day is ticketed. There are opportunities for hands-on adventures and a lot of 1:1 exchange.
Friday
11:30 doors
1 Synopsis Video Art
Video artist Denise Gallant presents the background of the the Synopsis video system, which they designed nearly 40 years ago in collaboration with Rob Schafer.
2 Creative Entropy: Harnessing Uncertainty in Video Art
Aaron F. Ross, aka Dr. Yo, presents a conceptual overview of randomness and chaos as creative tools in video art.
3 Processing the Female Form: Co-opting NSFW Online Platforms with Experimental Video Streams
Sarah Sarah Turner Turner nee half the Portland Mobile Projection Unit, went to MFA school. She is back with a talk on not safe for work online distribution sites as a way to bypass censorship on traditional platforms.
4 ISI VP-8: Image Processing with 1970s Analog Computers
Thomas Fang and Matthew Rempes demonstrate the Interpretation Systems Inc. VP-8 Image Analyzer, an analog computer used for realtime raster and vector image processing in the 1970s.
5-8 Art Gallery Opening Party
With Sean Russell Hallowell performing audiovisual music for the medieval hermitage, and talks on their custom designed Video Synthesis System
Hypnogenesis: A Video Synthesis Arcade Game from Allen Riley
Live Glitch Video Portraits from Kit Young
Glitch Artists Collective Pavillion with R D Klinc, Jon Cates, & Trizzytrunks
The Retina Video Synthesizer, a hand-built, one-of-a-kind, analog modular video synthesizer designed and built by Madonno Productions
Liquid Lightscape from Lia Coleman
Surface Tension, a multi channel audio reactive CRT sculpture from Alex Pelly
And more interactive installations from Shana Palmer, Los Datos, Gork_online, Schwaaa, Aaron F. Ross (Dr Yo), Dr. Rek, Cyclop Toad, and Adam Sladek
Saturday
11:30 doors
Noon Painting with Polygons - a dive into DRUGS™’s circuit bent PS2
Colston Byrd explores the possibilities of a familiar and alien device, the circuit bent PS2 developed by the DRUGS™ team.
1 Vsynth Show & Tell
Developer Kevin Kripper presents a show and tell of the latest updates to the Vsynth visual programming toolkit for MAX/Jitter.
2 History and Process of Liquid Light Shows
Steve Pavlovsky discusses the history of liquid light shows and analog visuals from the 1960’s to today
3Analog Operators for Video Synthesis
Lars Larsen of LZX Industries discusses their pursuit of reusable analog building blocks for video synthesis.
5-8 Live Audio Visual Performances
Eva Aguila performing eurorack synthesizers and field recordings gathered from rural Michoacán
Knob Fondler performing Intelligent Bootyshakin’ Music
Sarah Sarah Turner Turner performing Dolphin Connectin
Eric Schlappi + Bastien Lavaud performing semi-improvised modular electronics
Alex Pelly, Andrei Jay & Lia Coleman performing live video & audio synthesis with liquid lights and cymatics
Sunday
11:30 doors
Noon-4
Let's try to make a giant feedback loop!
5 close
VideoSync at the PDX Synth Library https://www.synthlibraryportland.org/ in the Lloyd Center Mall see schedule for details and price
