slipstream software ...
the slipstream project first saw the light of the day in 2OO3 and was initially based on videatag. a series of tools and code blocks developed in 1993 for tagging and interacting with video and audio streams and first used in a series of video based modern foreign language activities for oxford university press. a useful analogy in describing the slipstream engine is that of an old analogue radio tuner. where fragments of radio programs are heard as the dial is turned and the tuner skims across the channels. the channels are individual image collections and the user slides the interface across these collections pulling images to the screen as it moves to create a real time montage.
slipstream in constantly in a state of development and each outing is with a new build and accompanied by a growing number of editors and image processing tools. the latest generation of slipstream features a range of physical and sensor based wired and wireless interface controls. the image below is a fragment from the COAST tarlair collections from 2OO8.
Andy McKeown ...
Andy McKeown was an artist which came into college to talk about his new software that he had created which was called slipstream. after looking through his collection on is own website. you can really begin to see that he has created so much work which are all different in there own way. the other collections that he has got on are ... prints, monoprints, drawings, slipstream and light. you can really tell that he is into so much different art and design as a contemporay artist.
the photographs just above really caught my eye when i was looking through his collections. these particular pieces were created at the Blackpool illuminations from 2OO8 - 2OO9 ... the event was called local heads. this collection was presented to the general public from the gueens promandae in 2OO8 and the to the north promenade in 2OO9. this particalur illumination features 312 pop art portraits from a submission of 864 images. the images submitted via project website and public photo sessions in Blackpool and Manchester. the final selection was by a random computer selection at the live event on Blackpool.
what i really love about this artist is how much effort he puts into every single piece of work and takes so much care. when i was looking through his gallery and his pieces of work ... one collection that really caught my eye was the drawings gallery.
i love how the images are very abstract because you cant really tell on what they are and what they mean. i just love interesting they are and different and they really get you thinking on what they are meant to be and then you come up with your own story for them. with the image in the middle to me it looks like a lost sailor at sea with the glasses which look like they have got sad eyes in the side of them and you've got also got the boat on the water and then the boats in the eyes which is why i think it has got something to do with the sea. i love how he's got some really strong colors in there which really stand out to the viewer and also there's some really strong contrasting colors in there because you've got the green turquoise blue water and then you have got the orange which i reckon it represents nightfall coming.
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