Automatic Loop Unit

Videoinstallation, Kassel, Germany, 1999
Variable size
Video image projector
3 computers,
Monitor,
Computer mouse
CD player
Amplifier
Speakers
Headphone
Pedestal
Stool
350 video loops and 20 graphics are added, integrated and played back, connected to a video mixer.

In "Automatic Loop Unit” fragments of videos (durance: 1/2 a second to 3 seconds) are meshing into each other, forming an endless loop video program. The readymade elements develop continuously new combinations. In the flow of image sequences the visitor can intervene by composing a new sequence, speed and rhythm of cuts by overlaying the images with inserted graphics. The logical idea of my concept of cutting was transformed into the computer program of "Automatic Loop Unit”. The reason for doing so, was to insure that the basic concept stays a unit, still allowing the visitor plenty of creative opportunities. A video fragment is played as a loop. A unique motion becomes a rhythm. In "Automatic Loop Unit” there are five rhythms overlaying each other. The first two rhythms result from the lengths of the two video loops, which are played at the same time, but, however, only one is visible. The third rhythm determines the moment when to switch back and forward between these two loops, becoming reciprocally visible. The fourth rhythm is created by the exchange of the two following video loops, exchanged within a group. The fifth rhythm releases an exchange of a new group of videos. In "Automatic Loop Unit" the principle of editing is to follow the idea of two different combined images, forming a new multi-layered image by the structure of overlaying rhythms.

In der „Automatic Loop Unit” verzahnen sich Videofragmente, von einer halben bis zu drei Sekunden Länge zu einem endlosen Videoprogramm. In den Strom von Bildsequenzen greift der Video-Jokey ein, indem er Reihenfolge, Abspiel-geschwindigkeit, den Schnittrhythmus der Videos selbst gestaltet und sie mit Grafikeinblendungen überlagert. Die Logik des zu Grunde liegenden Schnittkonzeptes, wurde in das Computerprogramm der Automatic Loop Unit transformiert. Auf diese Weise ist bei allen Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten gewährleistet, daß das Videoprogramm eine Einheit bildet. Das Prinzip der Montage, bewirkt in der Struktur von sich überlagernden Rhythmen in der ”Automatic Loop Unit”, dass ein vielschichtiges Bild endsteht.

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