Chicago Venetian Night - sunrise 2008 - with audio

Chicago Venetian Night - sunrise 2008 - with audio, originally uploaded by doug.siefken.

a 90 second Fluid Stills® image

Botanicals & glass

Botanicals & glass, originally uploaded by doug.siefken.

A 90 second Fluid Stills® piece.

Chicago Skyline - fog, by Doug Siefken (TCE remix)

Chicago Skyline - fog, by Doug Siefken (TCE remix), originally uploaded by Bergius.

ambient video?

original invitation

original invitation, originally uploaded by doug.siefken.

This was used as the invitation for the 020202 event.

color on black II

color on black II, originally uploaded by doug.siefken.

pure abstract 90 seconds

02/02/2002 exhibit Chicago - Siefken

02/02/2002 exhibit Chicago - Siefken, originally uploaded by doug.siefken.

One of the first ambient video events.

An early pioneer of the ambient video art movement and video painting is Douglas R. Siefken. His first public exhibit of the Fluid Stills® art form was sponsored by SONY on 02/02/02 at the Julia Friedman Gallery in Chicago. Doug presented three images from his VCD based “mask” series. One image “Geisha” was projected on a large screen while the other two were on flatscreen TV’s. These images were inspired by Irving Penn and Ed Paschke. Doug is a founder and Chief Technology Officer of TransLumen Technologies, LLC. The Fluid Still® Art Illusions are a new genre of art merging with technology. The art imbues each digital frame with the integrity of an independent artistic still that cohesively changes over time without any visible or detectable change as that change occurs, creating a serene, temporally streaming subthreshold ultra-slow motion video composition. This tranquil and harmonious art form obviates the visual noise and environmental disruption presented by some other digital art alternatives. Doug has a version of the Chicago Skyline series that was installed at the Hotel Cass, Chicago in August of 2007. The piece is running on an 80” DLP screen in the main lobby. In 2008 Chicago’s Mayor Daley was flanked by two images from that series on large screens at a luncheon. http://ambientvideo.blogspot.com/
TransLumen Technologies (http://www.translumen.net) was founded in 2000 and applied for patents on imperceptibly different images or Subthreshold Extreme Gradual Change (STEGC) also called Fluid Stills® Art Illusions and the Pixel Shifter effect. These patents were subsequently awarded and additional patents filed. TransLumen creates and provides ambient video DVD’s, HD and custom installations. They specialize in ultra-slow-motion technology and video painting.

Cass Hotel Chicago Skyline 12172007 062253A

Cass Hotel Chicago Skyline 12172007 062253A, originally uploaded by doug.siefken.

640 N. Wabash Chicago, IL - main lobby - a Fluid Stills® Art Illusion by Doug Siefken - 80" DLP Screen, HD 1080p

- installed August 2007

a discussion on the definition of Ambient Video

For an interesting take on Ambient Video check out this discussion/thread in flickr's Ambient Video (http://flickr.com/groups/ambient_video/) Group's discussion area. http://flickr.com/groups/ambient_video/discuss/72157605191484118/

mask II PHOTONS

mask II PHOTONS, originally uploaded by doug.siefken.

This is a Fluid Stills® Art Illusion derivative piece from a February 2, 2002 VCD image. This is one of the first known Subthreshold Extreme Gradual Change images. It is also one of the first ambient video art images to be produced on VCD and then DVD.

02022002 This is a derivative work (90 seconds) from one of three pieces that were exhibited at the Julia Friedman Gallery, Chicago on 020202 (2002) sposored by SONY. These were a VCD based series of ambient video art pieces thirty minutes long each. This is a fluid still. This is for the poet M.A.E. & for R.A.R. The art is based on photographs of clay masks. The text was encrypted then greeked out code of the actual algorithm - transitioning to the poem by M.A.E.

SanJuanPR

SanJuanPR, originally uploaded by doug.siefken.

This is another example of Fluid Stlls® Art Illusions imagery. This is a derivative of a one hour piece.

koi Eat Fish

koi Eat Fish, originally uploaded by doug.siefken.

Billboard or out of home advertising - a great opportunity. This includes evolving text. Fluid Stills®

Clouds, snow and the mountain

Clouds, snow and the mountain, originally uploaded by SilentObserver.

the soft sound of the clouds, going by

Flower II

Flower II, originally uploaded by doug.siefken.

(r)evolutionary Fluid Stills® 90 second image