I’m trekking down to Melbourne this [...]]]> First new post in a while;  adopted an aura of silence during the hermetic construction of my methodological framework.  Also have a paper accepted for the Australasian Computer Music Conference titled “Towards a definition of the Performing Audiovisualist” which I will post after i’ve completed the necessary revisions.

I’m trekking down to Melbourne this week; aside from catching up with some friends I have the following AV related itinerary:

http://www.acmi.net.au/synaesthesia_jeanpoole.aspx

http://www.federationsquare.com.au/index.cfm?pageID=373

http://www.thatsmelbourne.com.au/Whatson/ignite/Pages/ignite.aspx

http://www.acmi.net.au/light_in_winter_09.aspx

If anyone can think of anything else I must see…?

The blog will run hot following this little excursion.

I’m not going to Sydney this time around so i’m going to miss Eno’s 7 Gazillion Paintings projected on the Opera House.  I’m hearing mostly snarky comments about it so far; any opinions from attendees are much appreciated.

In other news:

I just picked up a Kodak Zx1 so I can do portable documentation.  As per expected it isn’t great in low light and stabilisation is an issue however the attachable hand grip from the Zoom H2 works well to mitigate my caffeine shakes.  The main point of purchase is to provide a portable ‘everywhere i go’ video recorder to document moving textures and perhaps some riots.

Troy Sobotka used an earlier iteration of this device to produce this:

Quite impressed with the lack of movement jitter.

Oh well duty calls, let’s talk soon.