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signal study I + II

signal study I + II_motion graphics

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footage manipulation for the new york-based artist, wells watson.
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artist wells watson asked that we might use some of the gear in our london studio to degrade and distort the footage and the audio from a film he had written and directed. he wanted to use the results as part of a forthcoming solo show of his work.

after a long chat with wells, caspar and josiah newbolt agreed to run the film footage through various plugins, circuit bent machines and output the results through a series of vintage monitors. these monitors would then be digitally filmed, the footage imported, and the imagery then processed further in the computer before export.

josiah took care of this and then took the film's audio and ran that through his collection of analog synthesizers to tonally match the film's sound to the reworked imagery. wells and josiah then fine tuned everything to wells's satisfaction. results of the work you can see here and here, and on wells's website.

you can also read an interview with wells about these works and other excellent pieces in this interview with flaunt magazine.
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wellswatson.com
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