Glitch Art Dot Com

I’m just a couple of days away from pulling the trigger on the pre-order uzi & I thought I’d do a little Fluxus preamble.
Where are we thus far?  What the fuck-us is this Fluxus?

I wanted to make a tiny little analog video processor that is simple on the surface yet deep n’ soulful the further you dig.  A creative tool with a lot of different options for a lot of different users.  Options in application & aesthetics.  A device that could coat everything with a gossamer layer of tranquil unicorn soot or blow it all to fucking smithereens.  The Fluxus is all this and more.  Most importantly it is a lot of fun.

The Fluxus can produce a diverse set of analog glitch video FX through the utilization of 6 knobs, 2 modes, 6 CV control inputs & an audio visualization feature.  The six knobs work with one another under two modes; feedback & powered.  Feedback mode produces an assortment of… well, what else?  Internal feedback effects!  Varying degrees of lysergic edge feedback, shimmering rainbow feedback & rich globules of hovering artifact feedback (as seen above).  But it does not stop there.  There are a couple of corruption sweet spots, a subtle blur effect & various color skews.

In powered mode you have the ability to really obliterate your signal.  At times there are some aesthetic similarities between the two modes, however Powered mode tends to get much nastier.  This is where rich destabilization & horizontal tearing looks are crafted.  The trick is to utilize the top knob of the pyramid; the power starve.  After you hone in on an interesting look starve the voltage a little to see said look wither and die…. giving birth to something tasty and new.  It’s not all de Sade in Powered mode however.  Knobs 2 & 3 combine together to create varying degrees of black fill edge feedback.  The blur knob, when used in combination with various looks, often unlocks a soft & blobby stable horizontal tearing effect.

What I like about the Fluxus is that it takes time to unravel.  Really wild looks are lurking but you have to find them first.  You have to spend some time wrapping your head around the relationships between knobs before you can really dive in.  But I like that.  I’m still amazed how absorbed I can find myself in 6 knobs.

…and don’t even get me started on the audio visualization & CV features, that’s some whole other shit, best reserved for their own posts.  In due time.