A Cleansing Moment of Clarity


The portrait of Judson Rosebush was made using the first video digitizer at Digital Effects Inc. in New York. The video digitizer was built by Vance Loen based on plans by Bill Etra, and the software to convert the image into alpha-numeric characters was developed by Don Leich and inspired by Ken Knowlton's EXPLOR software. The image is a photograph of a black and white computer terminal monitor; the diagonal is a result of non-synchronization between the monitor display and the still camera shutter.

 I transmit to you
Through mist and darkening
Droplets carry the frequency
Of my circuit’s thrum
In light we are losing

A private road trespassed upon
I spoke of regaining my sight and how
when the bandages came off
I wished I was still blind

“How can you see through the raindrops
on the window?”
You see by not trying to see
Don’t impose an order on things
That are beautiful because they are free

Andrew Wasylyk – Hearing The Water Before Seeing The Falls
William Doyle – And Everything Changed (But I Feel Alright)
Talk Talk – Happiness Is Easy (12′ Mix)
Afrobeat Makers – The Birds Rejoice
Sun Palace – Rude Movements (François K SATS Dub)
Dazion – Dad Forgot the Dishes
Afacan Soundsystem – Make you Beep
Malcolm McLaren – Buffalo Gals
Pollyn – Sometimes You Just Know
Begin – Mystical Excursions
Apiento & Co – ESP (Lexx Escape From The Island Remix)
Coyote – Afro Balearic (Rune Lindbaek Re-Rub)
Paula Tape – Eclipse
John Maus – The Combine
Martha and the Muffins – Black Stations / White Stations (Extended Dance Mix)