Collapsus

Open Source Image stacking for experimental photography

1. + About this project

   Collapsus is an open source program created for the exploration of chronophotography and image stacking in digital photography.
   
   The program works by taking all photographs in a selected folder and using various algorithms of your choice to combine into a single image.
   
   With this software you can compress time and reveal movement. You can average images. You can explore abstraction and chance operations. You can also export sequences to create animations.
   
   Experiment and publish your results here.
   
   From June 9th until September 16th, 2012, 'Featured Images' will be exhibited on a monitor in Kassel, Germany at dOCUMENTA(13). The images will appear with a title, and credit.
   
   This project was commissioned and produced by dOCUMENTA(13).

2. + Download

   v.1.0, last updated 6/6/12
   
   Mac OS X
   Windows
   Linux
   
   This program requires the Java Runtime Environment to run on Windows and Linux. If you are using a Mac, please make sure you have the latest version of Apple's Java implementation installed through 'Software Update'.
   
   The source code is available here.

3. + About the artists

   Masood Kamandy is an artist based in Los Angeles, California. He received his MFA from UCLA in Fine Art. His recent photo-based artwork is currently being exhibited in Kabul and Kassel as a part of dOCUMENTA(13).
   
   www.masoodkamandy.com
   www.antimemory.org
   masoodkamandy at gmail dot com
   
   This project was realized in collaboration with Los Angeles and Vienna based artist Gottfried Haider. He is currently pursuing an MFA at UCLA in Media Art.
   
   gottfriedhaider.com
   gottfried dot haider at gmail dot com
   
   
   Thank you to Ben Fry and Casey Reas for Processing and guidance, and to Andreas Schlegel for controlP5.