Author Archives: doug goodwin
New Lossless piece
Rebecca and I have been distracted by a number of things lately, though we have discussions about work now and again. Yesterday we were making a list of work that computers might actually be able to perform without the compromises that the encoding and decoding process impose on media. We started thinking about media that [...]
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My very own Daily Brief
Metro Developer produces Timelapse video of Mulholland Bridge Demolition Metro will soon release a timelapse video of the Mulholland Bridge demolition. Produced by Douglas Goodwin, developer for Creative Services’ Interactive Design group (IxD), the video is cut from 10,000 frames captured every fifteen seconds over the course of the weekend. These frames were first seen [...]
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carmageddon timelapse
This video is made from stills that were uploaded every minute to the server through the cellphone network. There is no sound yet. I don’t like that frenetic pace of most timelapse movies. That frenzy gives me an uneasy feeling that it’s stealing time away. I have been working on techniques to put more time [...]
and the winner is…
Metro.net wins Best Home Page from LAWeekly! Yes, I work at Metro when I’m not teaching at CalArts or making experimental art. I am responsible for the Python/Django code that makes Metro.net go. I’ve been working on this for two+ years with an amazing team of five. It’s all part of a larger project to [...]
chromatic aberration
I assigned the students at my workshop in Vienna to bring examples of media artifacts. They brought in a wide variety of artifacts, including many things that had never thought about. This one is about chromatic aberration: those phantom colors that bleed away from their source into neighboring colors. He explained that chromatic aberrations are [...]
DFP: Ann Arbor film fest offers 6 days of the wild and the wacky
BY JOHN MONAGHAN DETROIT FREE PRESS SPECIAL WRITER Mar 17, 2011 The Ann Arbor Film Festival, which turns 50 next year, remains the oldest experimental film festival in North America. The 2011 edition kicks off early next week with a lineup of 188 films, videos and live performances at the Michigan Theater. Opening the [...]
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mersenne video twister
One of the students in my workshop in Vienna asked for help in disrupting the frames of a video. She explained that she wanted to use every frame, and that each one should be played out of order. I made a couple of notes on the back of an envelope, and here it is as [...]
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the floor is wood
Look at (this image) of the floor. How do you know it’s wood? Have you touched it or interacted with it in some way? Visual cues tell you something about its character. The way stains penetrate the surface. Patterns in the grain suggest tree rings. Smoothed whorls of darker material suggest lost branches. Dents from [...]