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My initial ideas for my 4d project revolved around the slit scan photography technique. I decided to focus my attention to understanding the technique and seeing its true potential. Using Adobe After Effects i experimented with a number of effects, below i have uploaded an short exaple of sound powered slit scaning. Using sound we push the video into the future and back again.

(Original video click here)

Its obvious that the effect has much potential, offering numerous visual effects to which the everyday TV viewer does not get to see. Looking at previous projects and installations got me thinking to what the concept of Slit scan actually is. Quite simply we are capturing time over a period of time. With a still image we are collating a number of periods in time and re-collating them to form one representation of an event/past time.

With this in mind i began to ponder on the idea of representation and transformation.
I started off thinking visually for this project but really its the idea that counts, the concept is the base of the project so making it fit tightly to the brief is a must.

Data is something that we take for granted, no matter what we do nearly everything in our life is digitalised, from navigation to the way we purchase goods. Our movement is also one of these things that is digitalised. With most cities and towns harbouring numerous surveillance cameras we are constantly being monitored, but this data is often discarded, and never again seen. This survalance footage would be an ideal source to study transformation. Transformation of a space, behaviour and even atmosphere.

Using the Arch Os system installed in the Portland Square building of Plymouth (where better to get data from) i am considering representing the data of movement or activity within the building, the data that i will used is yet to be decided. Using the slit scan concept i will use the data from segments or slices of time, and of course reassemble into a representation of time its self on a space. I suppose this could be seen as slightly dadist as we are using ‘found’ objects but conceptualising them within a digital domain.

Exploring Time and Space Narrative through Slit Scan Cinematography

Project Summary:

The desired aim for the project is to create a multilayered representation of a space which is yet to be defined; initial thoughts are the possibility of architecture represented in the form of 3D modelling. As transformation has been the theme of this module I want to show the transformation of somewhere or something that we ignore and take for granted through the period of a day offering the user the experience to travel through time forwards and backwards, enabling a non linear narrative.

Output:

The end result will be a video demonstration of the interaction a human could have with a future system. This will demonstrate the notion of being able to document and explore time and space itself.

Inspiration:

The inspiration of the project has come from a number of existing “solutions” which try to capturing/represent time and space. Having a particular interest in photography one of the early concepts for capturing time and space was that of Henri Lartigue in the early 60’s with the invention of Slit Scan photography, which was later used in Stanley Kubrick’s, 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). Basing most of my research on this technique I was lead to the inspiring work of digital artist Alvaro Cassinelli. His interactive installation “The Khronos Projector” created “a video time-warping machine with a tangible deformable screen”. This was a physical environment in which a user can interact and move through time and space through the use of video based media.

Plan for work:

Working method:

To realise the project fully I will need to first define what the end result will be. Choosing my object/environment will be a crucial element to the project and will need careful consideration.
Storyboarding will be essential to the success of this project as elements will need to be synced correctly allowing for a unique narrative and user experience.
Technology/skill sets required to complete this project will probably require 3D Studio Max, Adobe Flash CS3 along with a range of video and photographic resources which ray require filming/capturing.

Criteria:

Basing the theme on transformation I wish to explore the transformation that spaces go through over time. The project will link directly to the module of 4D as it will be exploring time and space. Not only will the project match up to the technical aspects required but the conceptual thinking and process will also count as a major part forming the basis of the project. I will explore the field of digital time-based audio/visual media linking it closely to modern technology. In doing so I will not only hope to gain some extensive knowledge in a field that I am relatively new too, but will also be able to expand and develop on my technical abilities related directly to the course.

References:

At present only web references:

An Informal Catalogue of Slit-Scan Video Artworks and Research
http://www.flong.com/texts/lists/slit_scan/

Khronos Projector
http://www.k2.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/members/alvaro/Khronos/Khronos_Projector.html

Slit-Scan Photography
http://people.rit.edu/andpph/text-slit-scan.html

http://people.rit.edu/andpph/text-slit-scan.html

http://www.k2.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/members/alvaro/Khronos/Khronos_Projector.html

Directly linked to the 4d project that i am proposing. An amazing video.