Cultural Web

The core of my idea is the experimental use of photic driving as a new realm in which to explore and devlop cinematic language. As such, cinematic technology, including historical and obscure technical forms is one half of my research plan. Research into Neural Correlates of Consciousness and the application of the physical concepts of entrainment and coherence to the measurable parameters of human states of perception is a field that demands highly specialized knowledge and training. I cannot pretend that I am going to move very far beyond amateur status in this field of study in the short term, yet I still intend to learn a great deal about the topic so that my understanding of it neither generates false leads for my project, nor taints it with the stigma of pseudoscience. As audio is often presented in conjunction with video in an integrated relationship of mutual reinforcement (and surely audio is given prime importance in many cases), I think it natural to have a strong simultaneous interest in the field of sound correlated with the predominantly visual frame-rate research I am undertaking. My focus in this related area is on very low frequency tones (including infrasound), the gradual border ranging between perceptions of pitch and rhythm in the 0-60 Hz range, acoustical beating and other interference patterns. I hope to actively explore the connections between photic and auditory driving, as I have already generated some interests I am enthusiastic to explore from mapping sound theory concepts to the visual domain, such as harmonics and resonance.

Dream machine, Brion Gysin
entrainment, coherence (physics)
resonance
harmonics
trance
auditory driving
photic driving
epilepsy
chronobiology
over/undercrank
refresh rate
flicker fusion threshold
shutter speed
frate rate selection, “ramping”
vfr, media containers
cinematic techniques
interference patterns
acoustical beating
Alvin Lucier
quantization error
neural correlates of consciousness
binocular rivalry
suprachiasmatic nucleus
stroboscope
light painting
electroencephalography