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A circle made of mutable earth

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Summoning circles made of mutable earth.
Most of the time the AI generated images of circles become slideshow videos which become layers of colour and texture in live audio visual improvisations. I was quite intrigued by the Deep Dream Generator’s results and thought I’d have a go at making one move…it’s quite a lot of work for an ok result.

So I put one into Runway’s Gen2 to see how it might move it…

Pretty cool but expensive to do anything more. I decided it’s more interesting to have the separate components as layers in Resolume, that way they can change direction and adjust speeds individually according to the tempo.

Deep Dream Generator (Artistic)

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Night Cafe (SDXL1)

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summoning circles

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I have been using AI image generators for a while to create circles made of the 4 elements and this year I gave the AI the mode and element as a guide to create them. They go on to become animated layers within the live streamed visual mixes and are rarely seen in their original state as shown below.

A magic circle made of cardinal fire

Dall-E
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Deep Dream Generator

A magic circle made of fixed earth

Dall-E
Mage
Deep Dream Generator

A magic circle made of mutable air

Dall-E
Mage
Deep Dream Generator

A magic circle made of cardinal water

Dall-E
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Deep Dream Generator

A circle in 12 parts: Virgo

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A combined live audio visual improvisation with contributions and vinyl selection from this years guest Virgo, Anna Sherratt.

“I’m a writer, director, producer and sound designer from Aberystwyth, but currently living in Cardiff. When Jake approached me with his brilliant avant garde project, I was excited but nervous – not knowing quite what to expect. True to my star sign, I am a meticulous planner, but I also love improvisation and chaos, and the creativity that brings. 

In the end, I went with a “Desert Island Discs” approach, taking ideas from where life and music intersect and responding to Jake’s amazing mixing in chatter, spoken word and song. 

It was an honour to take part in such a unique series, and to have a go at making Virgo whatever it happens to be – especially if that’s a bit messier than the stereotype!”

Parameters of a Circle

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Guests are invited to contribute by –

  • Sending an image of their birth chart – or birth data and I will draw a chart up
  • Selecting vinyl records from my collection – they can be anything*
  • Sending audio or video recordings
  • Joining live on the day via Zoom (or in person when Covid restrictions allow)
  • Sending text – some for the blog post
  • Suggesting vinyl record combinations or playlist/performance structure

*there are a number of preselected records for each sign. These include the ruling planet’s theme from the different versions of Holst’s planets, and relevant tracks from a collection Astrology records.

Audio works are created live with the guest contributions. Video is composed of recordings from the live performance, and images of both guest and my birth chart, combined with animation created from images of my mother’s crystal ball and textural videos connected to the zodiac sign’s element. The final duration will be approximately 30min.