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## yellow (2011)

by Mike Hall

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color field and video striation effects on a solid white surface

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This work is the result of an experiment in which two separately configured optical field reactions are evolving on the same uniform white surface. The separate fields can be identified visually by their formal characteristics: one is what I call a "color-field" reaction, and the other creating graphical striation effects. I like the way that the fields interact, appearing to join forces at times and even sharing the real estate equitably. The color is a shade of yellow that can only be described as "bile," but I chose a euphemism for the title.

created on March 19, 2011 at the artist's Brooklyn studio.

###### Work metadata

- Year Created: 2011
- Submitted to ArtBase: Tuesday Sep 17th, 2013
- Original Url: http://mikehallstudio.wordpress.com/2011/03/19/11-03-19-02-yellow/
- Work Credits:
  - mikehallvideo, primary creator

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###### Artist Statement

Using video electronics equipment in ways that are consistent with their design — but combined in ways that were never before imagined — allows the creation of unpredictable emergent properties. With some level of control, it is possible to create long sequences of video which feeds upon itself frame by frame, uncovering graphical forms that are unique from one moment to the next yet exhibiting a consistent graphical signature that almost resembles a form of aesthetic style. Continuous optical reactions operate at a rate of just under 30 frames per second, and sometimes separate simultaneous reactions interleave the frames like alternate pages in a book.

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