Here you can find small technical (with particular software or tools) and conceptual (exploring a particular theme) experiments that sometimes lead to a project, other times are just made for fun.
2406_Nostalgia Video Sampler (Touchdesigner)
Created a custom video sampler setup for Touchdesigner to use with my MPD32 where I sample from a selection of found footage while ‘crate digging’ through the Internet Archive video section. The first experiments used old school cartoons and videogame footage over the A-side of This is Isto nem é uma beattape, Vol.02 by Portuguese producer Maria
2402_Bayside Miami 4 (Modding, SkaterXL)
Lately I’ve been playing around with videogame modding and making machinima films as a way to explore particular urban issues. This is a short experiment and proof of concept I did making an unexpected crossover between two completely different videogames: IO Interactive’s Hitman and SkaterXL.
It tells the (fictional) story of Miami’s Bayside ledges, a former iconic spot for local skaters, now a contested public space in which private interests are manifested through hostile architecture and policing measures.
The voices are mashed up from Fuel TV’s skate documentary “Freedom of Space”
2404_Particles Fisheye (Touchdesigner)
For our Blauhaus studio party I had an excuse to play with more with Touchdesigner. Here are some of experiments using a 3D scanned point cloud of the studio, a kinect or just generative noise that reacts to the kicks and snares of a track.
Track “Amor Antigo” from the album BORDADO by MÃODOBRA
2404_50 x 25.04.74(Touchdesigner)
To celebrate the 50 years of Portuguese Carnation Revolution as the day of liberty. Because of that I made this small audiovisual piece that fully embraces the art of sampling. The audio is produced in Koala Sampler using a reworked melody from “Canção de Embalar”, a song from Portuguese songwriter Zeca Afonso, the drums are from “Casa” a song from Da Weasel and the voice is from a found interview with Portuguese writer José Saramago. The visuals were made in Touchdesigner using a 3D scan found in Polycam and made by Luis Zuniga . Sometimes the words of Saramago are difficult to translate but they speak for themselves. However it’s always critical to remind ourselves how important it is to believe in something and act today for a better tomorrow.