LINCOLN SCHATZ | RANDOM ACCESS PORTRAITS
For many artists, the act of creation is also an act of control: a deliberate reshaping of reality with a specific message in mind. But for Chicago-based video artist and sculptor Lincoln Schatz, the creative act is all about letting go.
Schatz's Cube is designed with 24 video cameras mounted at varying heights within the structure -- a one hour session in Cube creates a 24 hour visual rendering of the subject, from which a select percentage of files are retained in the artist’s specially designed software to create a dense, many-layered video portrait.
“I love the fact that these portraits continually evolve,” says Schatz. “I don’t control what gets kept, what gets discarded, what gets put onscreen. It’s completely random. To some people that’s disconcerting. To the people who really get it, I think it’s inspiring. I’m simply creating a framework, a hole though which things take place.”
CLICK HERE to watch a generative portrait of Metro owner Joe Shanahan, who brought in a selection from his collection of 50,000 records and spun music on turntables installed in the Cube.
(Text "borrowed" from lincolnschatz.com and Elise Malmberg at apple.com)
Schatz's Cube is designed with 24 video cameras mounted at varying heights within the structure -- a one hour session in Cube creates a 24 hour visual rendering of the subject, from which a select percentage of files are retained in the artist’s specially designed software to create a dense, many-layered video portrait.
“I love the fact that these portraits continually evolve,” says Schatz. “I don’t control what gets kept, what gets discarded, what gets put onscreen. It’s completely random. To some people that’s disconcerting. To the people who really get it, I think it’s inspiring. I’m simply creating a framework, a hole though which things take place.”
CLICK HERE to watch a generative portrait of Metro owner Joe Shanahan, who brought in a selection from his collection of 50,000 records and spun music on turntables installed in the Cube.
(Text "borrowed" from lincolnschatz.com and Elise Malmberg at apple.com)
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