Painting with Pixels

Painting with Pixels from Will Copps on Vimeo.

Will Copps is an audio/visual artist known for his interactive installations, experimental music, and signature "pixel painting" visual style. Copps creates both finished audio/visual pieces and custom-coded generative installations that spectators interact with through SONAR detection in museum and gallery spaces. These are not only never the same twice, but spectator interaction permanently alters their course.

Copps' visual style comes from turning video pixels into small digital paintbrushes. The manipulation of these pixels as the videos play results in high-definition abstract digital works. Depending on the piece, this manipulation is done either in the artist's studio (using MIDI controllers) or by sensing a viewer's position, physical attributes, or time of interaction in spaces (using SONAR detection).

Copps is the Communications Manager at Videopong.net, a non-profit website for sharing and remixing video clips for VJs.

E-mail him at: will@willcopps.com