Paris Treantafeles: Web Visuals and More
The 6th Episode of the Engadge Show is now online!
Go here to watch it or download it for your device!
Featuring….
Check it out!!!
Recently outpt and I created a demo video as part of a proposal.
Apart from a few things like the Anamanaguchi appearance, all the visuals are live takes. No additional overlays, effects, etc. I think it gives some idea of our low res performance style.
In case the vimeo player doesn’t load on this page, you can find the video here: http://vimeo.com/8756750
Hope you enjoy!
As part of the first stop on the Data Beez West Coast Tour, I gave a short demo of an application that I wrote for the gp2x and one for the gameboy advance.
The gp2x application creates patterns based on various mathematical combinations of user defined waveforms. The gameboy advance application works with sprites to create patterns that can be scrolled, glitched, and roto-zoomed.
The presentation was given on Nov 7th, 2009 at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles as part of the Giant Robot Biennale Exhibit.
The first ever Engadget Show recorded live on Sept 13, 2009 and featuring Bit Shifter, outpt and myself is now online!
You can watch it online or download in a variety of formats right here!
Yesterday was the official release of the long awaited release by NYC chip band Anamanaguchi. The Dawn Metropolis website features videos for the songs with visuals by me and pixel art by Dave Mauro. Pretty much from the moment the site went live the buzz has been crazy. Yesterday morning I was seeing emails, txt messages, forum posts, reviews, tweets and every other type of communication blowing up. The compression on the videos is a little funky but… that is being worked on and Pete tells me new ones will be up soon!
Oh and what’s in it for me besides that I’m just a nice guy?
Easy! I have made them promise to take outpt and I on their world tour!
Anamanaguchi @ PAX - Photo by ToFuGuns
Last weekend NYC chiptunes artists, Anamanaguchi rocked PAX (Penny Arcade Expo) in Seattle.
This short video gives some idea of what it was like. Videos projected on either side of the stage were by me and will be featured on the soon to come Anamanaguchi web site along with the launch of their new album. Pretty Amazing set up and crowd - for sure several levels up from where I was performing that night - the basement of the Knitting Factory!
Due to the popular demand, BlipFestival Reformat the Planet will be on Pitchfork.tv for another week! I think that means somewhere around the 29th of Aug?
This has been a great opportunity for people to view the documentary and has raised some questions!
Yes… I have received questions from friends and family who have until now only heard about all of this. So… here’s a mini FAQ regarding my little appearance in the movie…
Q. I thought you used hand held consoles. What’s up with the laptop?
A. Right. When the interview was done I was making the transition and didn’t have anything to show and tell on a hand held. The following year at Blipfestival I only used hand helds - a GP2x and a Gameboy Advance.
Q. Yo Mr. Open Source! What’s with the Mac? What’s that software you are running?
A. Calm down my friend!
The software is Pure Data which IS open source (and multi platform).
Again at the time of the interview my POS HP laptop died badly (where I was running Debian Linux) and I had to borrow the Mac which by the way, runs Pd just fine.
Q. Are you always so gay?
A. No, sometimes I’m much gayer.
Q. Are you always so punk?
A. No, sometimes I’m much punker.
Q. Are you really THAT OLD?
A. No, sometimes I’m much older!
Many people have asked me when and where they can see the movie Reformat The Planet - a documentary by 2 Player Productions about the first Blipfestival, the chiptunes scene, etc.
Good news!
For one week (starting today I guess) - it can be watched online (the whole thing) at Pitchfork.tv
Enjoy it while it’s up there!
Shameless self promotion: my graphics are featured throughout (back when i was doing everything with Pd instead of consoles but still…)
Digital Tools is an online magazine/blog with an emphasis on Homebrew, Portables, Tools and Game Design. I really like this site and have found many great articles there. I was honored that they asked for an interview. The interview focuses on my work as a video artist using handheld game consoles like the GP2x and the Gameboy Advance - it can be found here.
Congratulations to our friends at 2 Player Productions!
[vodpod id=ExternalVideo.480045&w=425&h=350&fv=clip_id%3D665366%26server%3Dwww.vimeo.com%26autoplay%3D0%26fullscreen%3D1%26md5%3D%26show_portrait%3D0%26show_title%3D0%26show_byline%3D0%26context%3D%26context_id%3D] from www.vimeo.com
Note: Flash Player 9 is needed to view the clip. Linux version is here.
Their first feature documentary “Reformat the Planet” is an official entry in the South by Southwest Film Festival.
This film documents the 2006 Blipfestival and the chiptune music scene with performances by some of the top chiptune musicians in the world. My graphics (performing as Voltage Controlled) are featured throughout the film along with other video artists. It has been an honor to be included as a visualist in many chiptune music performances over the last few years.
On a technical note - the visuals that I created at the time of the filming of this documentary were done using a laptop with Pure Data and Gem (and sometimes PDP). Since then, my live visuals are done using a GP2X and Gameboy Advance.
Also check out the awesome videos by 2PP of Blip Festival 2007 on vimeo.
Click the RSS icon to subscribe
My bookmarks on delicious
Me on Twitter
