Part 5

It is interesting how video art and film have a way of finding, connecting, and reconnecting with each other. After getting a better understanding of analog technology when Lars visited and viewing examples of the machines capability it is easy to see how videographic technology works hand-in-hand with music, which I deduced is mainly through the psychedelic counterculture. Like Lars working currently with the neo-psychedelic band Neon Indian and occasionally with the Flaming Lips, Scott Barlett was also approached by classic psychedelic bands, like Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead. The appeal of the videographics is obvious when making the connection to psychedelic drugs and the visual experience that accompanies it. But I found it most interesting that the psychedelic bands, no matter the era, are interesting in analog video synthesizers and their vast capabilities in terms of a "visual experience" to go along with the soundtrack they provide.