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UNI [THESIS INSPIRATION] – TED DAVIS

August 1st, 2009 | Richard Almond

Ted Davis got in contact with me recently after coming across some of my glitching work. It turns out that he is interested in many of the things I’ve been experimenting with, and he forwarded some links to his work. IMAGE_REMIX is a project drawing parallels to CORRUPT, which allows a user to glitch an image. The difference lies in the user’s ability to actively control the glitching process with IMAGE_REMIX, where one can choose the extent to which the image is manipulated.

My personal favorite is TEXT2IMAGE, another project by Ted which uses input text to generate an abstract image. It is fascinating to consider any perceived linkage between the input phrase and the output image, sub-conscious or otherwise. There are similarities with the broken digital camera I experimented with a few months back, in that the observer/creator may takes their own, unique reading from each image generated. Ted has carried out experimentation with this, and I attempted my own. The image below was generated by the word OCEAN, and you can almost see rolling, foaming waves sweeping across the screen.