In the beginning it felt quite uncomfortable and strange. And my mind made me once again realize the aversion I have for meaningless overused filters. But wait. This was made 40 years ago, when Resolume and AfterEffects didn’t exist yet, and when clubs weren’t packed with VJs using the same filters over and over again.
At this point I started to enjoy this voyage into the void of meaningless audiovisual experimentations and let the experience come down to me. With this mind set I got easily drawn into this audiovisual experience (as I wouldn’t like to refer to it as being a movie/film or animation) and I was quite disappointed when Bjorn stopped it halfway the run.
Bjorn commented this as being a good example on what could happen if you break your barriers and try to do something outside your comfort zone. And I could totally agree. Within the 60’s this probably would be some mindblowing piece of visual extravaganza. But it probably ended up to be just that and it would be very hard for people to look at, understand and enjoy (except for the hippies). He probably didn’t get rich or popular with this as well.. But what you should not forget is that these pieces of uncomfortable experimental behaviour should be held responsible for the (over)used audiovisual techniques nowadays. And thus this is why VJs end up with ugly additive effects.
My thoughts as inspired by our lecturers: don’t be afraid to experiment, step out your comfort zones, but be careful with the things you invent. Because your children either will; get sick off it, or benefit from it.
And here's a nice picture of ralph to end with:
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