The Project
TRIXELVISION's goal is to develop an experimental live trichrome camera system using three modified PixelVision cameras. The system will be aimed at performing displaced RGB colour channel separation in real time, and ultimately seek to create a unique style of experimental analogue video.
It is not the aim of this project to create perfect and seamless colour video from black and white video sources; rather to explore and aggrandize the idiosyncrasies of a transcendent image, suited for artistic expression and experimentation.
It is not the aim of this project to create perfect and seamless colour video from black and white video sources; rather to explore and aggrandize the idiosyncrasies of a transcendent image, suited for artistic expression and experimentation.
The PXL-2000
The PXL-2000, also commonly referred to as 'PixelVision', is an obscure video camera that was manufactured by Fisher Price in 1987. The camera produces a small black and white 120 x 90 pixel resolution image, which is recorded to an audio cassette tape. The resulting footage is often grainy and unpolished, but thoroughly captivating.
The camera's relatively simple, but functional design, along with the uncommon textural look of the pixelated image it obtains, has meant the PXL-2000 has been appropriated by many artists and low-budget filmmakers over the past two and a half decades.
A small resurgence in popularity for the camera took place in the late 90s / early 2000s, following a trend in the experimental modification of the camera's circuitry by electronics enthusiasts.
The camera's relatively simple, but functional design, along with the uncommon textural look of the pixelated image it obtains, has meant the PXL-2000 has been appropriated by many artists and low-budget filmmakers over the past two and a half decades.
A small resurgence in popularity for the camera took place in the late 90s / early 2000s, following a trend in the experimental modification of the camera's circuitry by electronics enthusiasts.
Me
My name is Thomas Kinsman. I'm an artist / filmmaker originally from Melbourne, Australia.
I fell in love with PixelVision in 2013 when I purchased my first modified PixelVision from bentstruments.com.
Since then I have shot five short documentaries with the PXL-2000, three of which are a trilogy of films that explore the themes of memory and identity.
I fell in love with PixelVision in 2013 when I purchased my first modified PixelVision from bentstruments.com.
Since then I have shot five short documentaries with the PXL-2000, three of which are a trilogy of films that explore the themes of memory and identity.