Animation by Dave Fischer

Mahi-Mahi (3:50)
mahi-mahi-large.mpg - 185 meg

Mahi-Mahi music video. Also appears on the Everything I Own is Broken or Bent compilation DVD from Corleone Records.

Monkey Man (1:54)
monkey-man-large.mpg - 88 meg

Animation for Melt-Banana's cover version of the ska standard "Monkey Man" originally by Toots and the Maytals. (7" available from Fork In Hand Records)

DMBQ in Providence (5:16)
dmbq-pvd-large.mpg - 87 meg

DMBQ perform "Magical Relation" live in Providence on October 31, 2005. This is probably what it looked like to half the audience...
(Video footage is live, audio is from the studio.)
Cameraman: Mikey Knives.

Mudmantra: For Conquering Death (4:00)
mudmantra-large.mpg - 95 meg

Music by Mudboy.

Work/Death (5:00)
work-death.mpg - 167 meg

Work/Death performance.
Also appears on the Everything I Own is Broken or Bent compilation DVD from Corleone Records.

Othern Lights (5:10)
othern-large.mpg - 82 meg

Music by Mudboy.
The foreground spikey black coral thing is a bunch of overlapping spirals that are spreading at different rates, done in postscript. The background started out as an experiment in simulating a choppy water surface, done in C.

The Thin Wax Line (7:49)
wax-line-large.mpg - 247 meg

The legendary piece of Bee propoganda. The original Bee title is "Education on Humans (and examples from camera)" but it is more widely known as "The Thin Wax Line".
Soundtrack by Irene Moon with assistance from Christopher Cprek, Katy Wizard, and Yellow Crystal Star.

Melt-Banana Live (6:11)
mxbx-pvd-large.mpg - 149 meg

Eigenband: Melt-Banana demonstrate the waveform characteristics of live music.
Live footage by Brown Rainbow.
Processing in C.

Like A White Bat in a Box, Dead Matters Go On (3:32)
white-bat-large.mpg - 33 meg

Spastic, sparse typographic animation for the Melt-Banana song of the same name.

Safety Second (6:13)
safety-second-large.mpg - 122 meg

Microphotography / photography / computer graphics animation for most of "Safety Second, Body Last" by The Locust.
(Thanks to the Retro-Computing Society of Rhode Island for the loan of the nixie tube display.)

1D (5:00)
1d-large.mpg - 204 meg

1D animation. Soundtrack by Forbes Graham

The Ten Second Holiday (2:23)
ten-second-large.mpg - 75 meg

Quick glimpse at a dystopian "Worker's Paradise", as everyone enjoys their ten-second holiday. Music by electronic/noise artist Work/Death. The interesting thing about this one is that the giant machine is a fractal tree, with the branches replaced with interlocking gears.

Inner Sea (3:29)
inner-sea-large.mpg - 58 meg

A series of microphotographs of one drop of my blood.
The audio is algorithmic.

Contact: dave@cca.org
Home: www.cca.org

Everything here was done in C and hand-coded postscript. No interactive software was used except vi and bash. All processing was done on "obsolete" gear various companies & universities had thrown away.

Mahi-Mahi (3:50) mahi-mahi-large.mpg - 185 meg Mahi-Mahi music video. Also appears on the Everything I Own is Broken or Bent compilation DVD from Corleone Records.
Monkey Man (1:54) monkey-man-large.mpg - 88 meg Animation for Melt-Banana's cover version of the ska standard "Monkey Man" originally by Toots and the Maytals. (7" available from Fork In Hand Records)
DMBQ in Providence (5:16) dmbq-pvd-large.mpg - 87 meg DMBQ perform "Magical Relation" live in Providence on October 31, 2005. This is probably what it looked like to half the audience... (Video footage is live, audio is from the studio.) Cameraman: Mikey Knives.
Mudmantra: For Conquering Death (4:00) mudmantra-large.mpg - 95 meg Music by Mudboy.
Work/Death (5:00) work-death.mpg - 167 meg Work/Death performance. Also appears on the Everything I Own is Broken or Bent compilation DVD from Corleone Records.
Othern Lights (5:10) othern-large.mpg - 82 meg Music by Mudboy. The foreground spikey black coral thing is a bunch of overlapping spirals that are spreading at different rates, done in postscript. The background started out as an experiment in simulating a choppy water surface, done in C.
The Thin Wax Line (7:49) wax-line-large.mpg - 247 meg The legendary piece of Bee propoganda. The original Bee title is "Education on Humans (and examples from camera)" but it is more widely known as "The Thin Wax Line". Soundtrack by Irene Moon with assistance from Christopher Cprek, Katy Wizard, and Yellow Crystal Star.
Melt-Banana Live (6:11) mxbx-pvd-large.mpg - 149 meg Eigenband: Melt-Banana demonstrate the waveform characteristics of live music. Live footage by Brown Rainbow. Processing in C.
Like A White Bat in a Box, Dead Matters Go On (3:32) white-bat-large.mpg - 33 meg Spastic, sparse typographic animation for the Melt-Banana song of the same name.
Safety Second (6:13) safety-second-large.mpg - 122 meg Microphotography / photography / computer graphics animation for most of "Safety Second, Body Last" by The Locust. (Thanks to the Retro-Computing Society of Rhode Island for the loan of the nixie tube display.)
1D (5:00) 1d-large.mpg - 204 meg 1D animation. Soundtrack by Forbes Graham
The Ten Second Holiday (2:23) ten-second-large.mpg - 75 meg Quick glimpse at a dystopian "Worker's Paradise", as everyone enjoys their ten-second holiday. Music by electronic/noise artist Work/Death. The interesting thing about this one is that the giant machine is a fractal tree, with the branches replaced with interlocking gears.
Inner Sea (3:29) inner-sea-large.mpg - 58 meg A series of microphotographs of one drop of my blood. The audio is algorithmic.
Contact: dave@cca.org Home: www.cca.org Everything here was done in C and hand-coded postscript. No interactive software was used except vi and bash. All processing was done on "obsolete" gear various companies & universities had thrown away.