Re: LOOPERS and VISUAL ARTISTS

[Richard Zvonar <zvonar@zvonar.com>]

At 3:37 PM -0800 12/5/04, loop.pool wrote:

>I think of myself as a visual primitive or a visual wannabee.
>I make all the artwork on my CDs by using Photoshop's plugins in the 
>same way that I use guitar stomp box pedals to morph audio.

I was into visuals years before I did anything serious with music or 
sound art. A lot of my early playthings were sculpted plasticine 
monsters and hand-made spaceships and robots. I also drew a lot and 
made collages. Collage and assemblage concepts and procedures are an 
obvious influence on my live music and studio composition.


>Lastly,   I really want to get into creating very minimalistic and 
>impressionistic visual loops to project during my shows.  I have all 
>the software necessary to do this but I'm still stuck being unable 
>to afford
>those pricey LCD projectors.  ( I know, I know, they've really come 
>down in price but they are still in the $1,000 range which is out of 
>my possible budget).  One can dream, of course!!!!!

I'm dreaming in that direction too. The projectors I've been lusting 
after are a little pricier, being in the $1,500-$1,800 range. This is 
because I've been looking at XGA resolution and brighter lamps.

I've done a lot of performances with visuals, primarily with a 
combination of multiple slide projectors on multiple screens together 
with movement performance and manipulation of simple props. At some 
point I'll put some images up on the Web.
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