Three years ago a modest piece of "blog art" called Loads of Loads collected some then-newish Ajax l***ing GIFs.
Not to be outdone, jimpunk now brings you the O'Hare Airport of [these] GIFs. The many shapes, sizes, and brands represented include the four above. [click for large page]
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"Three Sequencers" [3.2 MB .mp3]
Not too long ago Marc Weidenbaum asked on his twitter what would be an audio equivalent of an animated GIF. This is my proposal. It would have to be (a) short, (b) a loop, (c) digitally timed, (d) compellingly misaligned in some way, (e) easily grasped by the listener but containing some subtleties that reveal themselves in repetition, and (f) pattern-based. Obviously we're talking about the more abstract GIFs here, not a seagull strolling into a convenience store and stealing a bag of chips over and over.
Here, three sequences play simultaneously. Two are the same note pattern played on different synths a few steps out of alignment. The third is a different, mostly rhythm pattern. Some unexpected syncopations, polyrhythms, and polyphonies result.
Another essay from the Pool journal, by Ry David Bradley, discusses three German painters who have all used the computer in their art: Sigmar Polke (who taught) Albert Oehlen (who taught) Tim Berresheim. Did not know Berresheim's work but the most recent exhibition looks promising. He prints these loopy mechano-gestural abstractions on wood, using 3D imaging techniques to create the "phat" brushstrokes.
The debt to Oehlen's work (especially from the mid-'90s) is obvious but those paintings by Berresheim's teacher mostly combined computer printing and painting, where these just cut out the painting middleman. Use of the wood support might be a good way to add presence or physicality to the super-mediated process but it's impossible to say without seeing a few in person. Am fortunate being in NY to have ogled a few Oehlens but will keep an eye out for actual Berresheims.
See also: New Media vs Artists with Computers / digital abstract painting compared to poMo new york school painting
"Dub Mechanic 2" [mp3 removed -- a remixed version can be heard on Bandcamp]
The 303-style bassline previously posted as "SeaQuencher," with added drums and multilayered synth riffs. About 15 tracks in all; this just kept expanding.
