shimmer

I’ve mentioned before in data data data and in low fidelity documentation just how complex the ways in which some of the practical work in the studio might be documented and shared.

A while back I happened across a simple post-production technique called motion extraction by the YouTuber Posy. It made me think that it might be a way to reach towards just how much movement is going on when it seems like very little is happening.

My colleague Heinrich Escano is a video artist and was keen to have a go. Here’s a brief sample of Katye Coe practising our version of authentic movement in the studio:

What I find most interesting is how the body seems to start to shimmer when there is next to no movement happening. I find my attention drawn in very closely to those actions and stillnesses. It’s not precisely what I am imagining but it’s a good first test or prototype.


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5 responses to “shimmer”

  1. Hallo Simon,

    It is very beautiful to watch – the movements and the composition with the video filters/effects.

    These effects cause an impression that there is more movement happening than the dancer or the viewer in the studio might perceive. I guess it is because of the contours, which are contrasting with the space around the dancer. They seem very present to me.

    Greetings, Isaac

    1. Thanks Isaac. Yes, the motion extraction thing basically multiples frames and then displaces them ever so slightly in time — so you get that shimmering feeling (particularly when the body is still). I think there’s something in there worth pursuing. All best.

  2. Helen Herbertson avatar
    Helen Herbertson

    oh i love this Simon simple & complex together

    1. thanks Helen for checking in. Am trying to organise my very early morning next week to pop up ‘in’ Melbourne.x

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