Included in Parts & Labour, the second Animate OPEN, online from 1 April to 30 May 2016 only.

Building on a Detail was produced in response to a frame extracted from an earlier animation, and the work was built up and around this particular frame, which acted as a compositional starting point. The source material was produced from a series of experiments using an analogue video synthesiser: this involved analogue mark making techniques such as the voltage controlled disturbance of a video signal, as well as the generation of traditional video materials such as colour ramps, white noise and a variety of video waveforms. The source materials are then digitally edited together – the composition developed intuitively, adding and removing geometric and textural elements to create rhythm and form within the work.