when did representational graphic sequences start creeping in?
there are a lot of laserium videos on youtube and many of them have graphic sequences that are a little embarrassing by today's standards.
http://youtu.be/N6bh9h_SDu4
http://youtu.be/PwHkVBX0RY4
http://youtu.be/b9BXcly9h4E
to be fair, there were some full abstract shows that were not laserium at the top of their game:
http://youtu.be/GuNVeDAQLww
don't get me wrong, i loved laserium and other full dome laser shows. seeing dslijohn perform DSOTM at socalem a few years ago was an awesome trip down memory lane.
people are fickle. art and culture changes. i don't know if there will ever be a emerging mass market for this kind of art form. i hope there is, but i'm doubtful. it was cool, it was innovating, and it was transporting. but... i think it will take a pretty profound cultural shift for this characteristics to be important again.
imagination has been replaced by facebook and justin beiber.
Originally Posted by
laserist
Laserium was always intended to be an Abstract show. The intro to Laserium I said, "...Laserium is a trip through your imagination, to where you've never been, and you're about to embark! (Fade up Master Intensity with Chopper full on - fade out Chopper to "explode" the "Burn" effect as synthesizer sweep reaches crescendo...) Laserium wasn't intended to be interpreted in a specific way, or communicate a specific message. So your explanation about its success being tied to specific time and social scene is more about your specific trip through your imagination. It was Ivan's intent to produce, "…an experience - its effect upon you depends upon what you bring to it. If you seek entertainment, or relaxation you may likely find it. If you seek inspiration or hidden significance you may find it also, but if you want explanations and explicit meanings they will not be there." Ivan really meant all of that. Laserium shows and performances were measured by Ivan on a spectrum where "a trip through your imagination" was at one end of the spectrum and self indulgent crap at the other end. I suppose self indulgent crap is at one end of everybody's spectrum. The trick is making sure that simply crap isn't at the other end.
suppose you're thinkin' about a plate o' shrimp. Suddenly someone'll say, like, plate, or shrimp, or plate o' shrimp out of the blue, no explanation. No point in lookin' for one, either. It's all part of a cosmic unconciousness.