Diachronic Blending Experiments in Processing 🎨

this video consists of the first experiments with diachronic blending – developed in processing [www.processing.org] -, by pedro veneroso. this particular video is composed of four different manipulations of the same video sequence and represents the first test of the software. <br /><br />the diachronic blending effect consists of merging frames on a time progression using a set of different merging techniques blending an array of frames individually each time the screen is rendered. the outcome is a fluid and distorted succession of images that vaguely document the way in which movement evolves, while transfiguring both actions and forms into mutable and organic shapes. <br /><br />furthermore, for this particular video a 'blur' class was created to implement randomly generated blur to each frame of the video on an attempt to develop organic-ish forms based on movements of rigid structures. <br /><br />so far the code for the software that will control this effect is still under development; as soon as we have it done we will release both the source code and the software at marginaliaproject.com <br /><br />- <br /><br />for these experiments we used raw footage of the feature film 'os residentes' [yet to be released], by tiago mata machado. actress simone sales brushing her hair violently. <br /><br />- <br /><br />this experiment was made within the context of marginalia project. more information about it, as well as the source code of this software [soon], can be found at marginaliaproject.com