ARS ELECTRONICA WORKSHOP - DAY 1
FOR 12 PARTICIPANTS IT ALL STARTED WITH A THEORETICAL INTRODUCTION AT GLEISHALLE POST CITY AT THE ARS ELECTRONICA FESTIVAL. A JOURNEY THREW THE HISTORY OF LONGTIME-EXPOSURE PHOTOGRAPHY WHERE I PICKED OUT AROUND 30 OUTSTANDING ARTISTS FROM THE EARLY DAYS (1826 UP TILL THE 1990s) SO THE PEOPLE BECAME AN INSIGHT OF HOW THE LIGHTPAINTING HISTORY STARTED.
IN THE SECOND STEP I DEMONSTRATED "WHICH TOOL CREATES WHICH EFFECT" BY CRAWLING THREW MY TOOLBOX AND SHOWING VARIOUS OPTIONAL TOOLS. THERE´S ALSO A FULL ONLINE-PDF THAT GOES ALONG WITH THIS INTRODUCTION.
IN THE THIRD LAP WE WENT STRAIGHT TO THE USAGE OF TOOLS AND AFTER SOME DEMONSTRAITIONS (INCLUDING BLADES, BRUSHES, TORCHES, THE PIXELSTICK AND FLASHES), THE PARTICIPANTS WERE ALREADY EXPERIMENTING THEMSELVES AND GLEISHALLE BECAME THE EXPERIMENTAL PLAYGROUND. I ALWAYS LOVE TO SEE HOW THESE THINGS CAN TRIGGER PEOPLES CREATIVITY AND THE FIRST ATTEMPTS BY THE PARTICIPANTS WERE ALREADY EXCEPTIONAL. THANKS!
SO HERE ARE SOME RESULTS FROM THE FIRST DAY OF THE FESTIVAL WORKSHOP:
ABOVE: ROTATOR USED WITH RC, PIC. 2: ROTAOR ON WHITE COMBINED WITH BLACK BRUSH
ABOVE: USAGE OF CIRCLE BLADES WITH TORCH X-TACTICAL 104, STROBE, SOS-MODE AND JUST ON
ABOVE: PIXELSTICK FEEDED WITH A PICTURE OF VASARELY
ABOVE: BLACK BRUSH ON THE LEFT SIDE, LED ON THE RIGHT
ABOVE: PIXELSTICK SLALOM WITH FLASH
ABOVE: PIXELSTICK RIVER WITH FLASHED JUMPERS