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To:
Andy
Cc:
Brian & Sharon Beuchaw ,
Date:
Mon, 27 Jan 1997 06:04:09 -0700
Subject:
Re: (idm) IDM videos and swirly colors
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At 01:03 AM 1/27/97 -0500, Andy wrote:
quoted 9 lines I saw only the 1st AMP on tape.>I saw only the 1st AMP on tape. >AFX's "On" was great, however, I was overwhelmed by the number of >semi-boring screen-saveresque videos. (unfortunatley similar to the >AII Motion video with endlessly repetitive animation). >What are the other AFX videos like? > >Anyone care to venture why so many "idm-ambient" vidoes are, well, >somewhat comparable to looking through a kallidescope(which for me only >retains my interest for less than 1min).
I would venture to guess that they're really for people who are on acid or X. When I used to take psychedelics computer animations were about the best thing to watch.
quoted 3 lines I'll take Autechre's Second Bad Vibel, AFX's On or even The Box over the>I'll take Autechre's Second Bad Vibel, AFX's On or even The Box over the >redundant screen-saver stuff anyday. What about everyone else? WHy does >this genre of swrily colors persist? I'm bored with it.
I'm really into computer art so it's interesting to me, but it's hard to beat some of the really creative videos like The Box, My Kingdom, On, etc.