Thesis - Video in the Abyss

study groups
,
1

I thought i’d finally share my MA thesis ‘Video in the Abyss - In the context of the digital, is analogue video feedback still useful as an approach to making art?’

It’s approaching VF from my perspective as an artist who generally makes interactive installations, whilst trying to understand the different contexts and approaches to working with VF.

Why has it taken me two years to post it? who knows - and of course I’ve seen and learnt much more since, but regardless I think there’s some good stuff in there that people will enjoy, including:

  • brief history of video feedback (strating with Doctor Who)
  • brief overview of artists today using feedback (inc. @palomakop and @BleuNuitVideo )
  • great refernces to other texts (Crutchfield, Doser, Hofstadter, Goss, ++)
  • pics and schematics of my experiments combining Isadora and optical feedback

thesis - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343945339_Video_in_the_Abyss_-_In_the_context_of_the_digital_is_analogue_video_feedback_still_useful_as_an_approach_to_making_art

more documentation of projects here:

http://videointheabyss.smeech.co.uk

let me know what you think!

Sam

10 Likes
2

OMG this is EXACTLY what I needed! As in fact I’m doing a thesis on audio and video feedback right now and I wasn’t much able to find some theoretical and historical written material until now! Seems like a great work
May I ask for your permission to use this? Quotes would be guaranteed of course

2 Likes
3

Awesome stuff Rosso, I’m so pleased that you found it useful! And thankyou for letting me know. Yes of course you can use it - just reference stuff (as I did with the other sources) so that future researchers can follow the breadcrumbs etc.

I hope your own thesis goes well - please let me know when it’s done, I’d love to read it!

2 Likes