Tom DeFanti

Movies

Spiral 5 PTL (Perhaps The Last)
Director
Spiral 5 is in the inaugural collection of Video Art at MOMA [Museum of Modern Art] in New York. It was the fifth in a series of performances of a piece called Spiral. Most of the Spirals were performed live in front of audiences by people controlling digital computers and playing on the analog image processor (IP), with musicians jamming along. The GRASS digital system combined with the IP formed the digital visual instrument used in the performance. Spiral 5 was performed in front of a studio audience and the music was re-recorded later. It is an abstract, mathematical animation based on the linear spiral, in something you might call the visual music tradition.
Electric Light Voyage
Animation
“This 60 minute electronic fantasy featuring computer animation can control and change your moods of elation and tranquility. To change or enhance your mood, simply play a musical selection that accompanies your present feeling - its mesmerising! The abstract colorised computer animated visuals are artfully paced with their complimentary sound track. Images explode with colour while sooting with flowing shapes and rhythms, Great for parties or individual contemplation.”
By The Crimson Bands of Cyttorak
Director
Short experimental animation.
Spiral 3
Director
A joint effort by numerous video artists of the time, starring dancer Rylin Harris.
The Poem
Digital Imaging Technician
Stuck
Director
Early abstract digital painting.
Stuck
Director
Short video art piece.