(click on thumbnail to view a larger version) Patrick Lichty Intelligent Agent Louisiana, USA voyd@voyd.com

8 Bits or Less Artist Statement: 8 Bits or Less is an exploration of nascent forms of digital video and the altered sense of perception that it creates. Created with a Casio WristCam, each frame was shot individually and then hand composited in non-linear video editing software. In the video, the protagonist is someone who has become blind, whether it is unclear whether this is a physical or ideological form of blindness. The 'eyes on his watch/ears on his hip�Ehave now become the focus of his perspective on the world, and that world becomes on of low-resolution digital mediation. What ensues is a journey into situationist theory, musings on the nature of perception, and alien abduction.