The process of filming ended up equally as exciting and immediate as the composition of the track, which feels fitting and, to me, further emphasizes how special this piece really is. The most notable part of filming was just how similar it was to performing, actually almost identical. We established the space in the same way we would for a show, using lights connected with a direct DMX connection to our laptops and with only a couple hours of time in the space, we shot without any real plan and did not pause to reflect on what we were doingDespite there being virtually no audience, the feelings that would come up and the nearly transcendental manic headspace I would fall into were the same as when playing shows. Despite ippaida’s lack of experience filming live video, the footage left us in shock at just how visceral it looked. It was exciting to have the cameraman feel like a performer as well, as I would watch them duck and leap across the room and even roll around the floor. This seemed to give the footage a feeling of being a pov experience, attending one of our performances.
Footage of the space after installing the lighting and sound.
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