Documentation of the world premiere of Pulse.
Theatre Du Chatelet 2006

PULSE is an audio-video performance based around the framework of an electronic pulsation iterated over time. The performance does not present a pre-established scenario via a traditional arc, but produces a series of psychological states through the manipulation of light and sound, reflecting the rich history of visual music, flicker films, and other synaesthetic experiments. No pre-recorded segments are utilized, but instead, the imagery is synthesized in real time using various aleatoric techniques and algorithms.

Audio: Alain Thibault
Video: Matthew Biederman
(RAY_XXXX)

Note that the performance typically runs at speeds much higher than standard video / film rates, and the flicker at times reaches over 100FPS. This documentation was shot on video, so naturally the high framerate/flicker is not conveyed.

Pulse has been featured at:
Hipersonica (BR)
Elektra (CA)
Quebec Numeriques (FR)
FCMM / Light Cone / Images Festival (CA/FR)
RomaEuropa (IT)
Mois Multi (CA)
Donau Festival (AT)
and many others...

Also appears on:
“Optofonica” (Line_41), DVD. TeZ (ed.). 12K/Line. Pound Ridge, New York. (2009)
Named 2009's #1 DVD of the year by textura!

"Some pieces naturally turn out to be more memorable than others, ... Rayxxxx's dizzying “Pulse,” which conjoins jagged, stroboscopic shapes to rubbery techno-like rhythms."