Circuit bending is the art of the hack applied to electrical circuitry, adapting a device to produce a desired effect, repurposing old or neglected equipment to give it a new lease on life as something that it may not have been intended for. Filmmaker Bob Jaroc has used this technique to create generative visuals for Black Moth Super Rainbow‘s song “The Sticky,” using old black and white television sets to create real-time animations accompanying the track. The result is some simple yet effective graphics that flash and flicker in time with the beats, a technique that’s called wobblevision. It displays the song’s audio waveforms as squiggles and wavy lines representing distinct components of the song. Jaroc played the separate parts of the track through the bent sets, taping the results, and then combined and refined them using After Effects.While the patterns produced are quite simple, the shapes and jagged lines work well because they shift and flutter with the music, proof that all you need to make a music video is a good idea (and some technical know-how to safely navigate your way around the inside of an old TV). It’s a creative way to repurpose old equipment and give it a modern twist, showing that, when it comes to making a music video, you don’t need the biggest budget in the world, you just need a little creativity.[via BoingBoing]
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Old TV Sets Get Circuit Bent To Animate A Music Video
Inventive filmmaker Bob Jaroc creates generative visuals using modified analog televisions.