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well… the word is officially out, and rippling around the internet. never seen so many twitter mentions or positive adjectives next to my name - which is nice - but the real deal is are there enough people out there who want one to make a limited production run from the prototype: its not about interest, it will be about orders. http://tobyz.net/tobyzstuff/projects/dvi-mixer

is amazed from this example of userGeneratedProduct: 1° #DVI #Mixer supporting Matrox/Hd. @tobyspark http://tinyurl.com/yfnt4vh Support! - Davide Gomba, http://twitter.com/VonGomben/status/5041067954

So now it is here. Not quite. Its really up to you now to go over to his page and put your money where it counts and order one of these things, custom built just for you. Your support will drive this device into demand. - ilan katin, http://www.modul8.us/2009/10/dvi-mixer-finally-someone-has-done-it.html


a sunset to end, aaah. lucky with the weather for our filming day!

and here we go, leading into the bridges

coming into newcastle, but can’t shake the oil rigs yet, just too good.

two screengrabs of output featuring footage andrew shot at tynemouth. oil rigs, beaches and a bleaching sun.

the title should really be ‘live at sea’ by the looks of this clip. not to mention the setup looked a bit like the bow of a ship.

the performance had some really beautiful moments, and clips made to pan across the full triplehead work so well in that triangular setup, making lighthouse beams in the space. in my opinion we let ourselves down by not having time for a full run through beforehand, the to and fro between ‘particle-as-is plus a newcastle bit’, or ‘newcastle-in-the-style-of-particle’, resolving itself live and as a factor of SSD drive capacities.

the performance was to be the newly transformed great north museum’s event space, a big, white, and empty room. standard two layer ‘proscenium arch’ presentation not so suitable, mike came up with a triangular staging.

up to newcastle with d-fuse for a performance of particle as part of reinventing the city. we collaborated with locals novak for a day of filming and a day of performance/prep. nice to be out with them with a camera on a glorious day rather than worrying about wiimotes and audience interaction.

geordie hospitality really can be great. me and andrew were just scoping out an alleyway in byker that got the sunset over the city centre, and literally at the moment we turned around and saw a balcony above a house’s garage perfectly positioned for the shot, when the owner rocked up and offered to take us up there. cups of tea and all.

(and excuse the contrast pump on the shot, couldn’t help myself)

and if chase & status wasn’t enough to be getting on with, there was also a long awaited project with moving brands, of which neither i nor they can talk about beyond saying i sat behind a mac and xcode for a week.

saxon was a straight 2D after effects mission, animating up the cover artwork and compositing into it carnival soundsystem footage. its a heavy dubstep track, and i spent some time making the visuals really follow the bass… looping keyframe expressions ahoy. i’ll upload videos once the tour is over.