Chroma - Dominik Bartkwoski Chroma is video editing software designed by Bartkowski. Besides its function as an editing tool, it consists of a color analysis engine, combining different aspects of image processing software, like Gimp or Photoshop, and video editing software. However, compared to these programs, Chroma is radically more critical. Chroma incorporates in its software a critical reflection on the use of certain functions in other types of software, such as censorware. Instead of using image analysis engines to remove explicit sexual action, this application uses filters as aesthetic tools. So, Chroma in fact removes morality from the filtering process by making the automated moralizing actions of censorware explicit. It breaks these practices open in a playful manner. In experimenting with this software, the user is confronted with the limiting and structuring potential that censorship can have on the language of desire. Chroma was born out of frustration with the possibilities of web 2.0 editing software. Alternatively, it offers the possibility to deconstruct the mainstream visual language of sexuality. By abstracting existing video footage into collages, the two extreme positions in representing lust and desire mentioned above, take on a different meaning. Leaving behind both the moralizing and fetishist stances, this newly acquired meaning seems to appeal more to the individual experience of both the lust and the anxiety involved in barebacking. Follow the hyperlink to visit the project: Chroma |
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