Video Synth Portraits
2020–Ongoing
This series of still portraits is created by processing video of subjects
through an LZX Industries-format video synthesizer system, with
occasional use of other video effects gear, and then extracting frames.
While sometimes retaining a recognizable likeness, the goal is less to
represent individuals than to use them as a starting point for a series
of chain reactions within the mostly analog processing system. The
resultant images depict a space in between the subject and the limits,
parameters, and possibilities of a standard definition NTSC
video signal.
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/24018c214b2f84c1f8fbc284cbac769227913ec37a0023c728042eda2f75cca9/VideoSynthPortraits_Micaela-1.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8520f99cb66720b4e5d5672a6372883e24fd950c560fe26cd3484ff39228d78f/VideoSynthPortraits_Micaela-5.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/63748f81c9a3c035295e3bc6c0159a76f0fd3797a8389e36bcfc93859a20e387/VideoSynthPortraits_Haley-2.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1896ce2c1a23157c9089bac225271ff85f479ec6209e5b2fb1bf60d7d0614143/VideoSynthPortraits_Esther-3.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6cd0351fd03481ba396384168ba32208ff790b692e92f0a9c38a87800192421c/VideoSynthPortraits_Chaz-1.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/28c6ff4c583b82da4b75d7964bb41c939c08c0d23e54c053134e7a0855165870/VideoSynthPortraits_Taylor-1.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/01baf8153d0e14897422470c765b2714eb199684b43c92583d63379f342b55fd/VideoSynthPortraits_Micaela-10.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/57a905efa2ddee74226cfd2cf7987872ab54f9fd634aa641e0d1c9d87bcbf3d3/VideoSynthPortraits_Carmina-2.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f588d04ac7be5edeed88304d4a999e35af89a316a77a3b4a539b85e1f70ff05b/VideoSynthPortraits_Taylor-11.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9fb89f3e5ff459765bdfde48df1968e21d2d06c93c1362ce6eb5b53504f70e93/VideoSynthPortraits_Haley-4.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9e670c20ea04955db5caa4db7be55de65d772787c62087ca3bf2afbad74c771a/VideoSynthPortraits_Bryant-7.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f412e8f83cb165e4b29fbb0eeca4ee7b961d25f2928fb178dfca6ee6043c543d/VideoSynthPortraits_Esther-1.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1bf81b7297e3e95416bfdea641193ad0057761eea351af21fc8bc552e041ced0/VideoSynthPortraits_Bryant-6.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/578d87ef2bae40f5e38c46b3fdf17fb931dbe4d65b9e61152a04bb716617e557/VideoSynthPortraits_Esther-2.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7ad9cd8f5dc796e4526386915172ce248a20f5088b795b81081fa8a6da206e8a/VideoSynthPortraits_Chaz-13.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/187bd3a8effb5dfc8c321fec01c26d6f07ac3f287479eab185ee322c2cf62234/VideoSynthPortraits_Micaela-3.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/76d74413706bfa74e476612ea43a9382cc2d81bea1bb7bfa72ecea65df4fae74/VideoSynthPortraits_Haley-5.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e7357d78d118ef8a29898ffb41403479ff9b802e165dd8fb6f0d311a98585abc/VideoSynthPortraits_Taylor-3.jpg)