Made in Processing; music by Meg Schedel
format: HD video
software: Processing, Max/MSP/Jitter, After Effects
Toronto, 2010.
Arachnye
December 6th, 2010Traffic Flow II
November 16th, 2010Created by running television static through a Painter script continually for three months, gradually drawing fantastic patterns and colors out of random noise. Commissioned by TAIS as part of the Eleven in Motion series, based on the paintings of Oscar Cahén.
format: HD video
software: Painter, Max/MSP/Jitter, After Effects
Toronto, 2010.
Neighbourhood Watch
October 23rd, 2010It’s very rude to stare! Experimenting with my new Canon video DSLR…
format: HD video
software: After Effects, Flash
Toronto, 2010.
Falling Into Place
July 14th, 2009Particle experiment with composer Carmen Rizzo, using footage shot at the Toronto Zoo and Centre Island.
format: realtime animation
software: After Effects
Toronto, 2009.
We Are Now Starting Our Descent
July 1st, 2009A mostly true story about bugs.
format: SD video
software: Flash, AfterEffects, Painter, Audition
Toronto, 2009.
The Orange
March 6th, 2009Suddenly, a humble citrus fruit is granted absolute power over the universe. From a story by Benjamin Rosenbaum.
format: HD video
software: Flash, AfterEffects, Final Cut, Audition
Toronto, 2009.Screened at SXSW 2010. (jury prize, Best Animated Short)
Conan vs. Bear
January 17th, 2009Jessica Delfino is back with a helpful survival guide for those scary bear- and celebrity-infested woods…
format: HD video
software: Flash, AfterEffects, Final Cut, Audition
Toronto, 2009.
The Foxhole Manifesto
February 28th, 2007This is an adaptation of a poem by Jeffrey McDaniel, who has some ideas for a few appropriately modern gods.
format: HD video
software: Flash, AfterEffects, Final Cut, Audition
The Hague, 2007.Screened at Rotterdam Film Festival 2009.
I Wanna Be Famous
March 29th, 2006Here’s a brand spankin’ new one, from a song by Jessica Delfino. She’s discovered a guaranteed shortcut to everlasting fame–watch and learn!
format: HD video
software: Flash, AfterEffects, Final Cut, Audacity
San Francisco, 2006.
Disarmed
January 28th, 2006
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My cousins used to play this odd little game; they were about five and three years old at the time. The older one would pick up the remote control to the TV, point it at her sister, and say “Turn you off”–she’d obligingly fall to the ground and play dead. Then the remote changed hands, they’d change places, and the game would begin all over again. It was carried out with the solemn gravity of an execution by firing squad.
This short is a grown-up version of the same game, played with a grown-up weapon…
format: DV video
software: Commotion, AfterEffects, Painter, Final Cut, Audition
Pittsburgh, 2002.Broadcast on CBC TV 2002.
