Digital Diffractions: Visual Experiment 

In this a visual experiment a digital camera is used to photograph the projection of a single spectrum of light projected onto a sheet of acrylic plexi. The aim of this experiment is to see if it would be possible to further refract a single wavelength of light through a feedback system of these visual devices. This is done to study the differences in perception between natural phenomenon of refraction of light and the inconsistencies produced by visual devices. Additionally an RGB sensor is used to map this to a sound spectrum.

What we see then is a compounding effect that generates its own movement across the frame and a tonal range for each colour cycling through this process. As the exercise is repeated it can be anticipated that the repeated application of this process would eventually destroy the original colour as it smears the successive input image onto the next image overtime. What is unexpected is the character of the smearing, turning a transient input into a sequence of crescendos, ordered from a high frequency to a low frequency. I regard this activity as a demonstration of not just a physical fact about light and sound, but also as a way to experience the perception of the apparatus through the distortions it creates.