[Frameworks] optical/mechanical v. digital

[Mark Toscano]

Hey Gene,

Do you mean just using a slower shutter speed so you get a streaking
effect?  If so, this is a really old technique in the analog world.  Are
you thinking like the sequence starting at 2:38 here from Pat O'Neill's
Water and Power?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBmaF71XnLM ?  Or something else?

Mark


On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 8:01 AM Gene Youngblood <atopia at comcast.net> wrote:

> This seems to be a pretty thorough account of experimental optical
> printing:
> https://fms.wustl.edu/files/fms/imce/powers-a_diy_come_on_cinema_journal.pdf
>
>
> Can anyone recommend an article (interview, book?) that compares
> optical/mechanical “effects” with digital ones? Surely there must be
> numerous comparisons in both commercial/technical publications and
> art-oriented ones.
>
> Digital radically enlarges the field of possibility, so I imagine most
> comparisons would emphasize that. I’m especially interested in the digital
> effect called “slow shutter.” Is there a physical equivalent? If so, can
> anyone refer me to an artist who uses it? Scott?
>
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