TV's RR Anderson

I did a thing yesterday. We went to Tinkertopia to get some junk cause my 5yo wanted to make something. Its a store of donated odds and ends from computer pieces to yarn scraps and anything you can think off for crafting. A lot of it is bulk where you can fill a bag for a flat fee but they also have as priced used art supplies and this time they had a small box under a shelf full of old oil paints! Ive always wanted to try oil paint but at like $20 a tube it just isnt an option, however these were $1-4! so i bought some primary colors just to try it out and am really enjoying it! I didnt realize i needed stiffer brushes though and i dont have small stiff brushes for detail and this paper is only 6x9 inches as it is. But the better i get at it the more comfortable ill feel spending money on supplies

Electric waves crafted with light for Pearl Jam's “Got to Give” stage visuals on their current Dark Matter world tour. Light refracted off of Mylar sheets onto a projection screen, which we filmed at 1000fps while I crinkled and shook the Mylar in various ways. In ultra slow motion, the resulting textures move in a uniquely alien way, filled with rapidly twitching and shifting details that feel like something between liquid and electricity. By finding a good rhythm of shaking the Mylar with the light hitting at just the right angle, I was able to capture iridescent waves that moved slowly and elegantly while also crackling with small frenetic movements. Those two layers of motion were something I was always looking for in our experiments as I sought to create slow, gradually-evolving long-form visuals that also carried in them a palpable energy to match the intensity of Pearl Jam’s live performance.

The warm glow of the electric waves came from our unique light source: incandescent light bent through the lens of a vintage overhead projector. The projector was a great find by producer Stephanie Sheridan at Tinkertopia here in Tacoma, and we used it for quite a few other visuals in the show, inspired by the Joshua Light Show & other pioneering analog psychedelic visuals of the 1960s/70s.

For the song’s climax, multiple layers of the electric waves overlap, filling the stage’s projection screen with a rainbow of psychedelic light, and lighting director Kille Knobel adds another layer of real refraction patterns using three physical mirror balls that rotate at the base of the screen. The mirror ball light spills out across the entire arena, as if the light has been released from the screen, uniting the band and audience for a celebratory conclusion.

I’ll be back out on the Dark Matter tour in a couple weeks as it continues in the US! Come check it out if you can find tix!

“Got to Give” / Electric Waves: Director: Rob Sheridan Producer: @stephanie_sheridan_ Editor/Post: Rob Sheridan Camera Operator: @donovonmedia Production Assistant: @ilanarahaman Camera: Freefly Ember by @freeflysystems

I learned that art thrift stores exist and went to my local one today

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