OVERWHELMING

Haiden Nettle

[haidnett]

I really liked this setup. I liked the interplay between the large space and the small speaker and I liked how people were afraid to approach the speaker. If given the chance to do it again Id want a darker space and the ability to play it louder. Because I was worried about disturbing everyone around me I didnt have the video looping, but rather was in the area playing it for people who came by. However I left for approx 30+ minutes and Darrin told me during this time people came by and were unimpressed to see it not playing. Angelina had remastered and reedited my original audio and given it more of a structure.My intent for this piece was to create something that overwhelmed you so much that you ended up feeling washed in it and to hit an almost meditative state with it. I think this was successful. I also like the image I created with the stacked amp and the CRT standing alone in a room, It felt intimidating. Everyone I asked said that the piece made them feel overwhelmed and I even saw some people rush out of the room.  I like this concept and would like to take it further. I wonder about putting it in more open public accessible spaces were the audio can travel further and draw people in to this single CRT. 

[haidnett]

I used my girlfriends Mini Monotron to create some audio which I recorded on to a vhs tape, I then recorded it on to my Dictaphone which I used to play it back at half speed through the Monotron again  which I used to fill out the sound. I then repeated this process until it was a 45 minute track. I took that track and cut it down in to 10 minute segments and layered them, eqing them to different spectrums. I then put a heart beat underneath. For visuals I took a vhs tape I ripped of Jesus of nazareth and Family ties recorded off the tv form the 80s and played it back wards on forwards on itself, having layers strobe. 

[haidnett]

The final Chapel setup was very difficult to do. I was told that I wasn’t allowed to get in the day before hand o start setting up but luckily I was around and told me that i could. I didn’t have all the gear I needed to set up early and had to wait for a lot of it to setup on the day. I also got kicked out of the space at 7pm by security so I didn’t get to black things out the night before hand. On the day I had a few video issues and ended up changing my setup, Originally I was going to have different videos on each of the screens but ended up feeling that they weren’t working together and therefor got rid of them and replaced them with just the marys. I had initially wanted to do rear projecting so that the visuals would land on the audience but this did not work out due to tech issues. I think that my final piece ended up hitting the unnerving and intense levels I wanted it to but I think that my use of the space could have been stronger. I also feel that most people saw the 5 minute timer and kept walking but from those I talked to they said that they returned  just before the timer ended which is what I hoped for. I heard references to cults and demons in response to my work. Overall I think all the videos worked together and were successful in achieving the vibe I had hoped for. 

[haidnett]

I recorded a guitar and drum loop directly onto a vhs tape, I then took that and recorded it on to a dictaphone and then played it back at half speed, I recorded this and put it on to my laptop. I Eq’d it and layered it with orchestra sounds and sounds of me running my fingers up the guitar string. I matched this to visuals of a religious service from a vhs tape I had found at an op shop. I keyed out elements of the tape and layered it to give it a more distorted and dreamy effect.

[haidnett]

While in Vietnam I made several pieces of work through talking to Darrin and Ben I have decided for my final presentation I am going to display two pieces from before I came to Vietnam because I am worried that I wont have time to complete all the pieces I would like to in the way I would like to. I am instead going to use elements of the Vietnam pieces in my final piece. I was surprised to find out that the pieces I did in my own time were Bens preferred and the classes preferred, if Darrin hadn’t told me to use them they would have been left just for my instagram

[haidnett]

The Lights in Vietnam are beautiful and was over everything, every night everywhere is lit up. You’re overwhelmed by visual data but it also washes over you in a beautiful way.

[haidnett]

My pitch for Vietnam changed and became about invasive surveillance, in response to how 9 people were arrested for righting blogs which were critical of the Vietnamese government and how a new law had been passed which meant that service provides held data locally so police could easily find anyone who talked badly about the government. I wanted to make a multi channel video piece that demonstrated the invasive surveillance and the idea of people being turned in to data. However I was worried about the idea of being a white guy who flew to another country to critic it, especially when our own government is wanting similar laws. As soon as I arrived I was given a flood of other ideas.

[haidnett]

[haidnett]

Using the different video qualities to play off of each other and create a more intense experience. Editing all 3 videos at once in premiere and then I Would export each individually and use Q lab to trigger all 3 videos at the same time. Still a lot of work to do to finalise it all

[haidnett]

Using guitar pedals and feedback loops to make the pick up audio I got from around Melbourne city more intense,

[haidnett]

Using touch designer to try and make my video footage more intense. creating visual feedback loops and using different footage to displace each other. trying to add to a level of chaos.

[haidnett]

I tapped together a bunch of different media cameras and a mini cassette dictaphone to go out on to the city streets and capture the lights and city scape to create my 3 channel city piece. I also strapped this setup to the front of my car so I could drive around and get more high intensity footage. 

[haidnett]

Tokyo Fist (1995) Another Shinya Tsukamoto film about a working man feeling entrapped by the social system and the city he lives in. 

[haidnett]

Tetsuo: The Iron man (1989) Tetsou is all about industrialisation of japan. Shinya Tsukamoto is always making these high intensity films that play on the anxiety of the working man who feels lost in the Japanese business system. I love the mixed media formats used, such as filming a CRT and how it is all shot on super 8. The film is full of High velocity imagery and animation.

[haidnett]

Taxi Driver 1976 Throughout this whole film the grimy city life is its own character. The interplay of the neon signs and the dark street corners keeps the audience locked in to this world. My favourite shot the film is one of the last one as the camera captured the reflection in the rear-veiw mirror and the out the front window.

[haidnett]

Sweet Sweetback's Baadassss song (1971) This is probably my biggest influence for my approach to creating city piece. The way the city scape is captured in this high energy running shots, with shaky camera and light streaks. this film is about a black man on the run from the cops and is considered the first blackplotation film. Shot with no budget and with no film for a second take. The film is full of chaotic energy that really adds to the desperation of Sweetback.

[haidnett]

Inspired by the Alex Prager installation I wanted to do my own take. I wanted use rear projection and a crt to create an intense and unescapable piece. I wanted to utilise rear projection because I was interested in the idea of projecting directly on to the audience. I wanted to use the crt to represent a breaking away from the confines of the screen and therefor  there was no safety or escape from the visuals.