Short film made for Politics of the Machines (POM) conference talk, 2024. Presentation touched upon whirlpools, machines, dissipative structures, the link between thermodynamics & life, teleology and the artwork intentions & contexts.
Credits: Matthew Woodham & Noémie Soula
Duration: 5:55
Resolution: 1920×1080
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Audio and video produced with simple feedback patches using my Eurorack analogue modular synthesiser. Organic textures and artefacts emerge from relatively simple feedback systems. The video is sped up 200% from the original capture, otherwise there is no software post-processing.
No input signal generation in the video patch. Audio-wise has almost no input but I would sometimes inject a tone to ‘seed’ the feedback loop of the audio signal patch if it ebbed away. What you’re seeing & hearing is primarily the effect of the feedback loop amplifying the analogue video and audio circuitry from the synthesiser.
Duration: 7:26
Resolution: 702×576
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I was involved with a film by Vice, sponsored by Desperados, which covered alternative approaches to modern ‘club’ culture in Nottingham. Featuring an event which took place in Nottingham Contemporary art gallery in collaboration with Wigflex. The event featured a geodesic dome with a live performance of analogue audio-visual synthesised 360° projections and sounds by myself (pictured below).
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Channel 4, Random Acts ‘First Acts’ scheme for artists under 25.
“Ident.Life is all about patterns and how to assign meaning to them. Filmmaker Matt Woodham navigates a lone figure along a chaotic and confusing path, using memory and association to make sense of his surroundings. Promising answers to his questions, a mysterious brand called Ident.Life flickers in and out of his consciousness. Find out more about Ident.life at http://ident.life/”
Website screenshot featured below.
Duration: 3:28min
Resolution: 1920×1080
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