The Shadow Machine
Research Project
Abstract
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Practical Works
Body of Work
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VISUAL OVERVIEW
PROJECT NOTES
085 Imaginary
082 Granularity
078 Vido
075 Grain
074 Wall
073 VDL
072 Morningside
071 Searchlight
069 Darks
066 Paterson
065 NZ Eclipses
059 Silence
057 Stick
054 Spot
052 Latex
048 Doka
047 Drop
046 CAC
045 Mylar
044 Starter
043 Mill
041 Vol
040 Cello
038 Sol
036 Dodge
034 M61
033 Unstable Fixations
031 Side
025 Chat
016 Enlarger
012 Fall
006 First Photographs
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Project Notes
| Project | Notes | Related projects | |
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| 085 Imaginary |  |
Imaginary photographic objects. Exploration of "non-photography". |
073 V.D.L 072 Morningside 071 Searchlight |
| PDF 2020 |
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| 082 Granularity |  |
The image as an algorithm. The digital grain of an image is expanded. |
075 Grain
040 Cello 044 Starter |
| Video 0:40 seconds 2019 |
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| 078 Vido |  |
Shadow projection planes. |
074 Wall 034 M61 016 Enlarger |
| Video 1:00 minute 2019 |
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| 075 Grain |  |
A photograph of the Latticed window at Lacock Abbey. The image explored aas an algorithm. The digital grain of a still image is exaggerated.. |
082 Granularity 040 Cello 044 Starter |
| Video 1:00 minute 2018 |
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| 074 Wall |  |
Projection of shadow. |
078 Vido 034 M61 016 Enlarger |
| Video 1:00 minute 2018 |
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| 073 V.D.L. |  |
The words Void, Dark, Light, signaled in Morse code. |
085 Imaginary |
| Video 0:30 seconds 2018 |
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| 072 Morningside |  |
Lighting in urban landscape. |
085 Imaginary |
| Video 1:00 minute 2018 |
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| 071 Searchlight |  |
Test with 1939 90cm HCD MK3 searchlight at MOTAT. |
085 Imaginary |
| Video 1:00 minute 2018 |
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| 069 Darks |  |
The films Nosferatu (1922) and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) have been re-edited to include dark or shadow frames only. The frames are presented in order from dark to light values. A similar process has been applied to the soundtrack, where it has been re-edited to remove dialogue and sound. |
057 Stick 052 Latex 043 Mill 041 Vol |
| Video 3:06 minutes 2018 |
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| 066 Paterson |  |
A critical review of the "Pack Shot" product photography of the Paterson Photographic Equipment website. |
065 NZ Eclipses 059 Silence 006 First Photographs |
| PDF 2018 |
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| 065 NZ Eclipses |  |
A collection of eclipses that have been documented in New Zealand. All images sourced from The National Library of New Zealand. |
066 Paterson 059 Silence 006 First Photographs |
| PDF 2018 |
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| 059 Silence |  |
One minute of observing a blank page
in John Cage’s book Silence (1961) with ambient audio. In 1951 Cage composed a three-movement composition entitled 4’33”, which consists of the ambient sounds that listeners may hear as it is performed. |
066 Paterson 065 NZ Eclipses 006 First Photographs |
| Video 1:00 minute 2018 |
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| 057 Stick |  |
The leader of a 16mm film is wrapped around a fluorescent tube light. |
069 Darks 052 Latex 043 Mill 041 Vol |
| Video 1:00 minute 2018 |
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| 054 Spot |  |
Slide projection of one, single-image element. |
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| Video 0:30 seconds 2017 |
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| 052 Latex |  |
Film projected onto latex balloon. |
057 Stick |
| Video 2:00 minutes 2017 |
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| 048 Doka |  |
Operation of a darkroom timer. |
054 Spot 038 Sol 036 Dodge 016 Enlarger |
| Video 0:30 seconds 2017 |
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| 047 Drop |  |
Image projected onto drop sheet, animated with fan. |
045 Mylar
043 Mill 025 Chat |
| Video 1:58 minutes 2017 |
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| 046 CAC |  |
Film with averaged colour values. |
069 Darks 057 Stick 052 Latex 043 Mill 041 Vol |
| Video 1:00 minute 2017 |
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| 045 Mylar |  |
Light and air projected onto a sheet of Mylar. |
047 Drop 045 Mylar 043 Mill 025 Chat |
| Video 2:00 minutes 2017 |
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| 044 Starter |  |
Colour-mixing experiments with intermittent fluorescent lamps. |
082 Granularity 075 Grain 040 Cello 025 Chat 012 Fall |
| Video 1:00 minute 2017 |
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| 043 Mill |  |
35mm film projector, without film or lens. |
047 Drop 045 Mylar 025 Chat 069 Darks 057 Stick 052 Latex 046 CAC 041 Vol |
| Video 1:00 minute 2017 |
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| 041 Vol |  |
Projection of film, The Valley of the Lawless (1936), onto ice. |
069 Darks 057 Stick 052 Latex 043 Mill |
| Video 0:45 seconds 2017 |
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| 040 Cello |  |
Colour-mixing experiments by means of overlapping sheets of cellophane. |
082 Granularity 075 Grain 044 Starter 025 Chat 012 Fall |
| Video 0:45 seconds 2017 |
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| 038 Sol |  |
Luminiferous aether. |
054 Spot 048 Doka 036 Dodge 016 Enlarger |
| Video 1:00 minute 2017 |
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| 036 Dodge |  |
Photographers hold back light to lighten an area on the print (dodging) or increase the exposure to darken areas on a print (burning in). This animation documents the performance of a photographic print. |
054 Spot 048 Doka 038 Sol 036 Dodge 016 Enlarger |
| Video 1:15 minutes 2017 |
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| 034 M61 |  |
Ambient textures resulting from the breaking of light through air, trees, glass. Shadow as animated privation is observed. |
078 Vido 074 Wall 016 Enlarger |
| Videos 0:45 seconds 2017 |
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| 033 Unstable Fixations |  |
In 1819 John Herschel discovered that “hyposulphite of soda” could be used as a photographic fixer, to “fix” pictures and make them permanent. This experiment speculates on the question what if this process had never been invented, using Herschel’s own imagery. | |
| Videos 0:15 seconds 2017 |
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| 031 Side |  |
Observation of the side profile of a digital projection. |
025 Chat |
| Video 1:10 minute 2017 |
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| 025 Chat |  |
Two lap tops face each other, sample the colour value of the other and then respond with a random gradual colour gradient. Loop. |
047 Drop 045 Mylar 043 Mill 040 Cello 044 Starter 031 Side 012 Fall |
| Video 2:30 minutes 2016 |
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| 016 Enlarger |  |
Experiments with the representation of the dodge and burn techniques. The trace of the dodging and burning without the image. |
078 Vido 074 Wall 054 Spot 048 Doka 038 Sol 036 Dodge 034 M61 |
| Still images 2016 |
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| 012 Fall |  |
Long exposure of papers of varying colours dropping to the ground in front of the camera lens. |
040 Cello 044 Starter 025 Chat 024 Pane |
| Still images 2016 |
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| 006 First Photographs |  |
Printing through the pages of a book, both sides of the page are simultaneously visible. First Photographs: William Henry Fox Talbot and the Birth of Photography (Ollman, McCusker, & Gray, 2002). |
066 Paterson 065 NZ Eclipses 059 Silence |
| Still image 2016 |