Scape-Mates

Synopsis

In one of his first experiments in video, Emshwiller creates an electronic landscape of both abstract and figurative elements, where colorized dancers are chroma-keyed into a mutable, computer-animated environment. Working with the "Scan-i-mate," an early analog video synthesizer, Emshwiller choreographs an architectural, illusory video space, in which frames proliferate within frames, disembodied heads and hands move within a collage of animated forms, and the dancers and their environment are subjected to constant transformations through image processing. With its witty interplay of the "real" and the "unreal" in an electronically rendered videospace, and the skillful manipulation and articulation of a sculptural illusion of three-dimensionality, Scape-mates introduced a new vocabulary of video image-making.

Main Cast

Stoney Emshwiller

(voice)

Age : 65 | Popularity : 3%

Emery Hermans

Dancer

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Sarah Shelton

Dancer

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Ed Emshwiller
Writing	Writer	Ed Emshwiller
Editing	Editor	John Godfrey
Department	Role	Name

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