Feedback Rider
Feedback Rider is an arcade-style video installation built by Starling (j, Ross Oldenburg, and Will Mitchell). It simplifies the UI of a much-beloved feedback effect often used by video artists. We expanded on our past video experiments by adding a rotating camera mount, animated lighting, and a reflective snout around the screen.
Built in a 6 day sprint, the Feedback Rider came together just in time for a public debut on August 26, 2022 at the Cactus Club Independent Film Fest, whose organizers instigated the installation and provided found footage for it to process.
We are deeply grateful to everyone who gave it a whirl.
Your donation encourages us to build more devices that bring people together.
A primordial version built in 2014 for Mikal Floyd-Pruitt's Play Time series
A proof of concept including switcher, camera remote, and rotating camera mount
Watching glue dry in the woodshop
Milling the control panel... one chance... don't eff it up
Testing the fit of the control panel, still freaking out
Backlighting the instruction plaque and feeling fancy
Paint it black
Sigh of relief as the controller comes together
Controller guts
Wrangling mylar
We have a snout
Ready for the people, just needs a mylar skirt
