2.07.2022

Haiku Variations: Self Portrait As Thai Buddha


Haiku 120 Self Portrait As Thai Buddha #1 (00:15)

Haiku 121 Self Portrait As Thai Buddha #2 (00:15)

Haiku 122 Self Portrait As Thai Buddha #3 (00:15)

Haiku 123 Self Portrait As Thai Medicine Buddha (00:15)


Sample Haikus from Buddhaverse Variations ©2020-21

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2.06.2022

Bon Self Portrait Variations


Haiku 116 - Bon Self Portrait #1 (00:13)

Haiku 117 -  Bon Self Portrait #2 (00:13)

Haiku 118 - Bon Self Portrait #3 (00:13)

Haiku 119 Bon Self Portrait #4 (00:13)



Sample Haikus from Buddhaverse Variations ©2020-21

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2.01.2022

Haiku Variations - Tara & Chod Dakini With Spinning Yantra


 Haiku 112 Tara & Chod Dakini With Spinning Yantra  #1 (00:16)

Haiku 112 Tara & Chod Dakini With Spinning Yantra #2  (00:16)

Haiku 114 Tara & Chod Dakini With Spinning Yantra  #3 (00:16)



Sample Haikus from Buddhaverse Variations ©2020-21

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Chod Dakini & Tara (Haiku Variants with TAVIS Fractal Gradient)


 Haiku 108 Chod Tara TAVIS Portrait #1  (00:18)


 Haiku 111 Chod Tara TAVIS Portrait #4  (00:18)



Sample Haikus from Buddhaverse Variations ©2020-21

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1.31.2022

Haiku Variations - COSM Tara

 Haiku 102 - COSM Tara (00:18)

 
Haiku 103 - COSM TAVIS Tara (00:18)

 
Haiku 104 - COSM TAVIS Tara (00:18)

 
Haiku 105 - COSM TAVIS Tara (00:18)

The psychedelic background source originated by Bill Tavis who created a fractal processed version of this Tara image a few years back. His tumblr can be accessed here: https://billtavis.tumblr.com/


Fractal Processed COSM TARA


Sample Haikus from Buddhaverse Variations ©2020-21

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Haiku Variations - Tara & Chod Dakini

 

Haiku 99 - Tara & Chod Dakini with Flower Halo (00:16)

Haiku 100 - Tara & Chod Dakini with Flower Halo (00:16)


Sample Haikus from Buddhaverse Variations ©2020-21

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Haiku Variations - 21 Taras


Haiku 92 - 21 Taras #2 (00:16)

Haiku 94 - 21 Taras #4 (00:16)

Haiku 95 - 21 Taras #5 (00:16)


Sample Haikus from Buddhaverse Variations ©2020-21

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1.30.2022

Haiku 90 - Merkaba Yantra with Meditating Buddha


Haiku 90 - Merkaba Yantra Meditating Buddha (00:14)


Sample Haikus from Buddhaverse Variations ©2020-21

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3 Haikus: Merkaba Yantra with Female Dieties

 Haiku 87 - Merkaba Yantra with Vajrayogini & Dakinis (00:14)

Haiku 88 - Merkaba Yantra with Dakini & Pair of Durgas (00:14)

Haiku 89 - Merkaba Yantra Wireframe with Dakini (00:14)


Sample Haikus from Buddhaverse Variations ©2020-21

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1.27.2022

Buddhaverse Variations - Visionary Haikus


Haiku 69 - Medicine Buddha & Offerings with Prayer Wheel (00:19)


Haiku 80 - Prayer Wheel with Energy Emerging Healing Hands & Offerings (3 panel)  (00:19)

I can hear you now: What? The Blue Pill?? -- Recall that Tibetan Buddhist practice grew from roots in both Indian meditative practices & teachings, as well as the regions own (indigenous) shamanistic visionary religion 'Bon'. And there are many mystical / visionary practices to be uncovered in the hidden doctrine.



Sample Haikus from Buddhaverse Variations ©2020-21

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Haiku 77 - Prayer Wheel with Energy Emerging & Meditating Buddha Faces (3 panel)


Haiku 77 - Prayer Wheel with Energy Emerging & Meditating Buddha Faces (3 panel)   (00:18)


Sample Haikus from Buddhaverse Variations ©2020-21

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Haikus 82 & 84 - Prayer Wheel with Emerging Energy Field


Haiku 82 Prayer Wheel with Energy Field & Emerging Rutt-Etra Buddha (00:20)

Haiku 84 Prayer Wheel with Energy Field & Emerging Flying Dakini (00:17)


Sample Haikus from Buddhaverse Variations ©2020-21

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Haiku 71 - Prayer Wheel with Blue Yamataka


Haiku71 Prayer Wheel with Blue Yamataka (00:19)



Sample Haikus from Buddhaverse Variations ©2020-21

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1.25.2022

Prayer Flags and Prayer Wheels - Haiku Variations


Haiku 60 - Prayer Flags and Prayer Wheel (00:19)

Haiku 61 - Prayer Flags and Prayer Wheel (00:19)

Haiku 62 - Prayer Flags and Prayer Wheel (00:19)

Haiku 63 - Prayer Flags and Prayer Wheel (00:19)



Sample Haikus from Buddhaverse Variations ©2020-21

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Haiku 64 - Prayer Flags, Clouds in Blue Sky Breeze

 

Haiku 64 - Prayer Flags, Clouds, in Blue Sky Breeze (00:19)


Sample Haikus from Buddhaverse Variations ©2020-21

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Haiku Samples - Pray Flags


Haiku 57 - Prayer Flags with Buddha (00:19)

Haiku 59 - OM Water Drop (Creation) (00:19)


Sample Haikus from Buddhaverse Variations ©2020-21

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Haiku Samples - OM Water Drop


Haiku 53 - OM Water Drop (Creation) (00:19)

Haiku 56 - OM Water Drop (Creation) (00:19)

Haiku 55 - OM Water Drop (Creation) (00:19)



Sample Haikus from Buddhaverse Variations ©2020-21

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1.23.2022

Reiki Healing Hands - Video Haikus

Haiku 47 - Healing Hands in golden frame #1  (00:10)

Haiku 49 - Healing Hands in golden frame #3  (00:10)

Haiku 50 - Healing Hands in golden frame #4  (00:10)

Haiku 51 - Healing Hands in golden frame #5  (00:10)



Sample Haikus from Buddhaverse Variations ©2020-21

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1.21.2022

Meditating Medicine Buddha in Golden Frame - 4 Haiku variations

 

Haiku 46 Meditating Medicine Buddha in golden frame #5   (00:10)

Haiku 45 Meditating Medicine Buddha in golden frame #4  (00:10)

Haiku 44 Meditating Medicine Buddha in golden frame #3  (00:10)

Haiku 42 Meditating Medicine Buddha in golden frame #1  (00:10)




Sample Haikus from Buddhaverse Variations ©2020-21

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1.15.2022

Haiku 41 - Growing Lotus Emerging Buddha

 

Haiku 41 - Growing Lotus Emerging Buddha    (00:18)



Sample Haikus from Buddhaverse Variations ©2020-21

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Haiku 40 - Growing Lotus Emerging Prajnaparamita

 

Haiku 40 - Growing Lotus Emerging Prajnaparamita   (00:18)



Sample Haikus from Buddhaverse Variations ©2020-21

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1.14.2022

Haiku 36 - Green Tara with Open Arms in Energy Matrix

Haiku 36 - Green Tara with Open Arms in Energy Matrix (00:23)



Sample Haikus from Buddhaverse Variations ©2020-21

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Haiku 34 - Dancing Dakini Pair in Energy Matrix


Haiku 34 - Dancing Dakini Pair in Energy Matrix (00:23)



Sample Haikus from Buddhaverse Variations ©2020-21

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1.13.2022

Taras in energy matrix

 

Haiku 030 - Tara in quad energy matrix (00:23)


Haiku 032 - 4 Taras in quad energy matrix (00:23)


Sample Haikus from Buddhaverse Variations ©2020-21 

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1.12.2022

Haiku 28 - Witnessing Buddha in Energy Matrix

 

Haiku 028 - Witnessing Buddha in Energy Matrix  (00:22)


Sample Haikus from Buddhaverse Variations ©2020-21 

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Haiku 25 - Medicine Buddha in Energy Matrix

 

Haiku 025 - Medicine Buddha in Energy Matrix  (00:22)


Sample Haikus from Buddhaverse Variations ©2020-21 

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1.11.2022

Haiku 21 - Jewel Tree / Lineage Tree

Many of the Buddaverse Variations video haikus are based upon reinterpretation with image & glitch processing of earlier work. In this case, Haiku #21 'Lineage Tree #2' is based upon a piece of mine from 2010 'Jewel Tree #1'

Jewel Tree #1 © M.Gilliland 2010

Lineage Tree #2 (00:22)  © M.Gilliland 2020


Sample Haiku from Buddhaverse Variations ©2020-21 

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1.09.2022

Buddhaverse Variations - Meditating Buddhas

 

Haiku 011 - Multi Buddha Crystal Field (00:22)

Haiku 013 - Meditating Buddha Face in Matrix (00:22)

Haiku 018 - Multi Meditating Buddhas in Matrix  (00:22)

Haiku 019 - Multi Meditating Buddhas with Water Ripples (00:22)


Sample Haikus from Buddhaverse Variations ©2020-21 

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1.08.2022

Haiku 06 - Buddha Expanding OM Rings in Matrix

Buddha Expanding OM Rings in Matrix (00:22)


Sample video (Haiku #006) from Buddhaverse Variations ©2020-21 

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1.06.2022

Haiku 08 - Buddha Psychedelic Flower of Life

Buddha psychedelic flower of life (00:22) 


Sample video (Haiku #008) from Buddhaverse Variations ©2020-21 

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1.05.2022

Haiku 123 - Self Portrait as Thai Medicine Buddha

 

Self Portrait as Thai Medicine Buddha (00:15) 


Sample video (Haiku #123) from Buddhaverse Variations ©2020-21 

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1.04.2022

Upstream Gallery 'NEW BEGINNINGS' 2022



My newest series of short video haikus (Buddhaverse Variations ©2020-21) is on view at the Upstream Gallery this month: 

Annual National Juried Small Works Exhibition

‘NEW BEGINNINGS’ 2022

January 6 thru January 30th, 2022

Location
8 Main Street, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, 10706 


Gallery Hours: 
Thursdays & Fridays: 12:30 - 5:30 pm
Saturdays: 10 am to 5:30 pm
Sundays: 12:30 - 5:30 pm


video haiku 123 (still frames)
Self Portrait as Thai Medicine Buddha (00:15)

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Online access to the complete set of 125 video haikus. Select thumbnails to view on Vimeo Showcase page, or click thumbnail title (ex: v001) to watch & enable autoplay.

12.10.2021

Processing Experiments: Phosphortron



Yet another signal processing option to show sample output from: Phosphrotron by Eric Souther & Laura McGough

Phosphortron is a video instrument that emulates the phosphor trails found in analog cathode ray tube (CRT) oscilloscopes and television monitors. The instrument uses a computer vision technique called frame difference, which compares the current frame versus the previous frame and analyzes change based on a threshold pixel by pixel. The trail duration function controls how long previous information stays on screen before fading away the simulated phosphors. Edge detection is utilized in conjunction with frame difference, to isolate and accentuate the outlines to loosen the raster image towards the simulated aesthetics of vector drawing.

See more about the app: https://www.ericsouther.com/toolmaking-1

Eric is also one of a pair of developers, along with Jason Bernagozzi, for the powerful Signal Culture video processing apps: http://signalculture.org/appclub.html




Here is a sample of the source footage that I have been using for processing. It will be part of an upcoming video program tentatively entitled "River Styx"...







11.21.2021

Processing Experiments: Circuit Bent Vizual Noize Enhancer


One more circuit bent processing device to show sample output from: Circuit Bent Vizual Noize Enhancer Lofi Video Synth by statikstramentz

This unit takes composite video in and outputs, well as the name suggests, NOIZE enhanced video. Gotta be subtle with the adjustments or the signal will go out of NTSC spec range. Although statikstramentz recommends output to a good ol' analog CRT and thence rescan (or possibly projection?), I've found that the glitched signal is much more usable than expected - I can feed it into a composite-> HDMI converter and thence into a HDMI->USB digitizer for recapture on computer. I've even fed the output into a professional TBC with decent results. (Of course, you've got to experiment and move the unit's control knobs slowly because too far one way of the other WILL cause the signal to go out of spec and thus "blank out" the encoder or the TBC. Just sayin'...)

"This compact video synth has been created to let you conjure various warped distortions, smeared pixelations, overdriven white mosaics and other various effects. As usual with circuit bent video effects-differing effects can be achieved depending on what you connect to this device-both in and out. Composite video source (camcorder, DVD, VHS, etc.) input. Composite video output. For best/trouble free results, best viewed on / rescanned from an old school (analog CRT) television."

See sample work: instagram.com/statikstramentz

Find out more at his storefront:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/598871620/circuit-bent-vizual-noize-enhancer-lofi



Here is a sample of the source footage that I have been using for processing. It will be part of an upcoming video program tentatively entitled "River Styx"...




Processing Experiments: Lumen App



 I have also been using an analog-style software video synthesizer - Lumen - for the Mac. There's a wide range of synthesis and processing effects that can be achieved - way to much to delve into here... Been processing footage for my upcoming video program tentatively titled "River Styx."

"Lumen is a Mac App that makes it easy for you to create engaging visuals in real time. Use the same process with Lumen as you would with a hardware video synth, but with modern features only software can provide. With a semi-modular design that is both playable and deep, Lumen is the perfect way to get into video synthesis."

Check Lumen's features out:  https://lumen-app.com


Here is a sample of the source footage that I have been using for processing. It will be part of an upcoming video program tentatively entitled "River Styx"...


Sample of processed footage using Lumen:






Processing Experiments: Waaave_Pool


So I've been playing around with some new hardware signal processing devices. Of particular interest is the Waaave_Pool RPI system configured, programed and sold by Andrei Jay (who describes himself as 'a mathematician, video artist, educator, and soft/hardware designer.') Waave_Pool is very cool! I will be posting a number of short video clips processed thru it next. WAAAVE_POOL is a framebuffer delay/video feedback generator and video synthesis system based on a switchable feedback/feedforward video delay. For more info on the device: https://andreijaycreativecoding.com/WAAAVE_POOL He has other devices built around the same Raspberry Pie: https://andreijaycreativecoding.com/Video-Synthesis-Ecosphere-RPI

Here is a sample of the source footage that I have been using for processing. It will be part of an upcoming video program tentatively entitled "River Styx"...

Sample of processed footage using Waave_Pool:


8.18.2021

Chernobyl West

 I'm posting a few of my early video works from 'back in the days' of neophyte vidiots, EAI, The Kitchen (in Soho), Mudd Club video nights, and analog video processing via The Experimental Television Center.


Chernobyl West 1986 (7:48)


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Video art from 1986 - narrative about the after effects of a hypothetical nuclear power plant meltdown occurring in upstate NY. (Note: approx. 40 seconds of color bars at start of recording.)

Welcome to Vacationland

I'm posting a few of my early video works from 'back in the days' of neophyte vidiots, EAI, The Kitchen (in Soho), Mudd Club video nights, and analog video processing via The Experimental Television Center.

 


Greetings From Vacationland 1986 (28:02)


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It's not all billboard perfect in Vacationland - everywhere one looks, environmental concerns are rampant. Join us on a summer visit full of unexpected surprises. (Note: approx. 40 seconds of color bars at start of recording.)

7.02.2021

Lo-fi Studio Exterior With Signal Noise

 


Circuit bent camera with video noise: studio exterior, prayer flags, patio containers in bloom, and Yama the cat.

7.01.2021

Lo-Fi Views of Patio Outside My Studio

 





Circuit bent toy camera recordings of late Springtime / early Summertime patio with plants and Yama the cat.

Circuit Bent Portraits

 






Using a circuit bent toy camera from Letsglitchit, I'm able to get analog video image processing like results including posterization and colorization.


Circuit Bent Lo-Fi Spiritual Bather

 


Circuit bent camera rescan of Japanese bather.