Art-video made by attaching pyramidal crystals to an LCD

Mikey P sez, "A guy I went to art school with, Kit Webster, has made something unusual and pretty captivating by attaching pyramid-shaped crystals to an LCD screen and running some kind of algorithmically-generated video through them. It creates a hypnotic, kaleidoscopic effect and is well worth checking out. (The video's under 2 minutes long, which is nice for my video-art attention span and perhaps yours too.)"

PRISMATICA (Thanks, Mikey P!)

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That’s really pretty. =)

I do wish he’d covered the red LED recording indicator light on the video camera. The reflection was distracting for me (approx. 0:57 to 1:34). Or maybe that red dot was something else? Either way, it took my attention away.

Otherwise, super awesome! And gorgeous music too!
http://dir.uk4net.com/ alex

thats really nice work, strange thinks happens sometimes to some old stuff.
http://www.facebook.com/peter.rj.austin Peter Austin

The kaleidoscope which I owned as a child was better, and I think I recall a computer program from about 1985 which did the same thing entirely in software. There must be many modern versions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaleidoscope
http://noctilucent-studios.blogspot.com/ Noctilucent Studios

Wall art from Logan’s Run.
timquinn

Speaking as an algorist . . . I wish people would stop using that word if it doesn’t matter, and it doesn’t here.

It’s too late . . .

good bye little word, it’s been fun . . . goodbye . . .
Jonathan Armistead

In a similar vein, a little more intense: https://vimeo.com/37110928