A sampling of Ken Brown’s innovative visuals that were projected live alongside concert performances at the Boston Tea Party venue from 1967-1969.
Rather than relying on the standard “oil and dye on overhead projectors” approach, Brown shot hundreds of reels of Super 8 film specifically to be projected during concerts. His techniques included double and triple exposures, hand-drawn and collage animation, kaleidoscopic editing and slow-motion portraiture.
One of his favorite tools was a special Super 8 camera that allowed him to rewind an entire cartridge and expose it multiple times, creating dense, layered imagery years before digital compositing existed.
