Islands of Consciousness

A very cool (and trippy ?meditiative) flickr tool (via Photojojo). In a mysterious way, insights are gained into processing, synthesis, and integration of sensory perceptions."Step outside yourself" and consciously "watch" as your retinas scan the images, your acoustic cilia process the sounds, and your brain somehow fashions a silent narrative...

When Oleg Marakov pointed out the similarities between his piece of randomly arranged music Islands and my random movie creator Flickeur it was immediately clear that a combination of both projects would definitely result in something very interesting.

The result of this fusion - Islands of Consciousness - is not a simple combination of the two concepts but a great advancement. Sound and Images enter a very close relationship in which the randomly arranged musical phrases are taking direct influence on the visual outcome. So when you look at this piece keep in mind that all the visuals are assembled in realtime using photos downloaded from Flickr.com. All the transitions and effects are entirely random and only happening on you screen. Other people will see a movie and hear a soundtrack that is totally different from yours.

Whilst the basic idea of Flickeur - an endless virtual videoloop that is in perpetual metamorphosis - has remained I have altered the visual engine and the image selection algoritm in many aspects.