I know this blog is becoming little more than a YouTube feed, but I just have to share this old favourite which recently appeared there:
Ah, the beauty and brilliance of Severed Heads. This work means more to me than I can explain. It’s in my blood.
Tom Ellard’s description:
(By request) This 1985 video was created in real time as a video ‘jam’ or improvisation. It features a preacher scratched by Ian Andrews on betacam tape, fed through Fairlight CVI and analogue video synthesiser.
The CVI signal is notable for not filling the whole screen (it had a resolution of 256 squared) and introducing a delay that causes the signal to shift to the right.
I’m supposed to be at an Ian Andrews exhibition opening right now, but I crashed my bike today, so am staying home to lick my wounds and hopefully catch up with some overdue writing.
