Lapse
XONN
WIFF3
NNeng plays Lapse (Hank Rudolph Document, scrubbed)
Hand of Man
NNeng= Brian Moran, Benton-C Bainbridge, Nancy Meli Walker
At NNeng's first ETC residency, we wanted to feed our usual props + cams work through Experimental Television Center's unique image proc system. We would jam with the system until we became familiar with the parameters and content with the results.
For "XONN," Nancy pulled out her microscope cam and I grabbed some rubber bands while Brian wove the signals in and out with the Jones Colorizer. We did multiple takes of most of these pieces, trying for more concision as we got familiar with the parameters. Still, more shortening was needed; "WIFF3" is an hour of audiovisual jamming compressed into a minute in 2007. "Lapse" is an experiment with oscillators, leaves and pizza props, released without edits. The oscillators drive the sound and unique 'switching' that divides the screen in patterns. Hank Rudolph documented NNeng's jams; his camera work was scrubbed as source material for our 2000 NNeng demo.
For "Hand of Man" NNeng did two separate passes to record Brian's dance and Nancy's prop work. I did the live mixing.
~benton-c
new york
2007
special thanks to Hank Rudolph for documenting NNeng at work in the Experimental Television Center
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NNeng in Owego, NY during first ETC residency
image from XONN
images from WIFF3
Images from Lapse
movies
XONN
Lapse
Hand of Man
Hank Rudolph's document of NNeng making Lapse, scrubbed
WIFF3