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i last-minute* mocked up some background visuals for a party featuring ambient music. (i kept them running all night (12 hours) on a backlit screen near the dj booth and never really had to tune them. they were interesting enough to be entertaining while focused on, but didn’t dominate the space). i took a simple existing function from the hydra library and added a few lines for audioreactivity (color and distortion); black background was key to keep this looking more subdued and adding some forgiveness to the projected edges. ...

didn’t take a recording of this but got a substantial amount of positive engagement and feedback from attendees and friends and acquaintances that i was assured it went pretty well. (personally, i felt that maybe < 5% of the time did i feel my viz was uncontrolled and i needed to transition out of it, but that i mostly paced well and that the viz looked both appropriate and appealing.) i think my prep (several hours’ worth) and the copious visuals videos (which were themselves well-edited and also made me feel comfortable about what style and color palettes to use) that suzi sent ensured success <3 ...