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James Richards and Steve Reinke

I have been making videos and sound work with found and re-edited material for a number of years. The videos are sequences or collections of disparate material from the internet, old videos, DVDs as well as my own filmed sequences. This material is edited and composed for exhibiting, both as single screen 'cinema' type programmes, and as multichannel synchronised DVD installations.

Occasionally the material I use is left as 'ready-made' and at other times it is processed and manipulated beyond recognition. During the week at the ETC, I would be looking to gain experience in a wide range of imaging processes. I'm also keen to find new methods of incorporating still images into my work i.e. interesting ways of making them dissolve, distort and be edited together on screen. I would come to the residency with a large selection of material (video clips & stills) and spend the time processing and developing my work through the use of equipment not usually accessible to me.

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"James Richards and Steve Reinke." Video History Project, Experimental Television Center, 2011. https://www.videohistoryproject.org/james-richards-and-steve-reinke.

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Video and sound artist produces work from found and re-edited internet material, old videos, DVDs and original filmed sequences; edits material for single-screen cinema programmes and multichannel synchronised DVD installations. Materials are sometimes presented as ready-made and sometimes processed beyond recognition; during a week at the ETC the artist sought experience in imaging processes and methods for incorporating still images; planned to bring a large selection of video clips and stills to process using equipment not usually accessible to them.

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