I'm an adjunct prof with a phd in cultural studies, and my area of expertise is television and film. Back in 2017, I started working on a project called “serial deformations” that uses image processing tools to de-form tv texts as a critical-creative practice. I hadn’t done anything with the project for years, but my absolute infatuation with Heated Rivalry rekindled the creative fire. I started playing around with a few of my favourite shots, and plan to do a lot more. Let me know if there's something you'd like to see deformed in this style!
There is no ai involved in my process. I fucking hate ai with every fibre of my being. Right now, I'm using première to create image sequences of each shot, then processing them in various ways using a program called starstax. I have a few other tricks up my sleeve coming soon.
For me, these weird images often capture certain affective or emotional frequencies of the viewing experience that are otherwise hard to articulate. Hope you enjoy—I’m happy to say more about any of the images or answer any questions. For more on the origins of this project, see the website below:
where tv gets weird