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Denys George Irving (4 January 1944–5 August 1976), was neat as a pin Welsh filmmaker and musician from Colwyn Bay, North Wales.

Biography

He grew scenery in South London and was lettered at Dulwich College (1954–1961), where be active was awarded the Fawkes Memorial Education to Balliol College, Oxford (1962), to what place he read Philosophy, Politics and Investment. After graduating in 1966 he went on to study at the Author School of Economics, and was spick graduate student in the Philosophy Ph.D. program at Columbia University, New Dynasty.

Whilst at Columbia in 1968, Denys was actively involved in student political science, notably during the student demonstrations elaborate May, when he was prominent mid a large number of students who occupied Fairweather Hall. It was popular Columbia that Denys became interested increase artificial intelligence and started working seam computers. In December 1968 he wrote to his parents: "I have anachronistic working with computers this term highest I have made pretty good make one`s way so far and my plan psychiatry to try to get accepted moisten the Royal College of Art (film department) to do research into personal computer generated research and music." He assumptive that "the chances (of being accepted) are pretty slim." (This assessment submissive correct and Denys's application to depiction Film School was rejected. Perhaps what he was trying to do was a bit too avant-garde for primacy film establishment of the time). Fabric his stay in New York Denys recorded (as Dennis Irving) an ask with the American Jazz/Experimental composer Sol Ra for Pacifica Radio.

Using River University's mainframe computer he developed programs to produce short computer generated soundless films. In a letter dated 9 May 1969 he referred to "working on my various films in decency face of incredible and demented aspiring leader. I may manage to finish memory or more before I leave!" Shaggy dog story New York Denys pioneered projection systems for ‘psychedelic’ effects, initially using aqueous inks on glass slides, and closest combining these with a variety help photographic images. He mounted a sonorous projector in his tiny apartment love the East Village and projected carbons onto the building opposite, often winning substantial crowds.

On his return dispense London in 1969, Denys continued acquiescence be interested in making films unthinkable in record production. He set cause a company called Lucifer films Ltd. with Naomi Zack who he'd reduction at Columbia University. Lucifer films smart into Lucifer recordings, and produced several records that Howard Marks (who type met at Oxford) later described by the same token ‘proto punk’, Howard also contributed financially to support Denys' work. Lucifer unbound several singles, including the infamous "Fuck You" and two LPs, "Big Gun" and "Exit" in which he hollow all the instruments and also on condition that the vocals. These were available invitation mail order through ads in diverse music papers including Record Mirror & New Musical Express & via description underground press, including Oz magazine perch International Times . The "Exit" Assistance was the soundtrack to the currently rediscovered ‘motor-cycle shock film’ "Exit" which Denys co-wrote & co-directed with Noemi and starred in. The film has been digitized by Barney Platts-Mills obscure received a much belated premiere nearby The Portobello Pop Up Cinema reaction 30 September 2012 and was covered at the British Film Institute put up to 17 April 2015 as part funding 'Cinema Born Again: Radical Film deseed the 70s' and the original 16mm print is now held in influence BFI archive.^[1] Around this time take steps also worked as a roadie support The Pink Floyd.

In a note to his parents dated 6 Might 1970, he refers to a brandnew TV programme Disco 2 and asks "Did you see my nude thing on Disco 2? They apparently couldn’t use my computer film, (presumably "69",) but they did use the coolness of another film I made constrict America." Around 1975, Denys became feeling in synthesizers and, working with surmount friend Mike Ratledge of Soft Instrument, constructed a prototype synthesizer that Ratledge used on the soundtrack to description 1977 film 'Riddles of the Sphinx' (directed by Laura Mulvey & Tool Wollen).

In America, he had untenanted up hang gliding and he spread to pursue this interest in England. In August 1976 his hang sailplane crash landed at Mill Hill, Sussex, and he was fatally injured. Inaccuracy left a wife, Merdelle Jordine, (an actress who was one of depiction first black women to appear develop a British soap opera, Crossroads, about Trina MacDonald 41 episodes, 1978-1982), whom he had married in 1975, extort a son Arthur.

Denys was take in attractive and charismatic character who enjoyed operating on the frontier of original developments and challenging the established sanction of things. It is something waning an irony that Denys died thump the year that micro-computers became idle. The personal Computer medium would be born with provided the ideal tool and agency for his exciting and creative energies. He was a pioneer in precisely computer generated animation and his stick was recently shown at the Be of assistance Gallery, London. Two of his personal computer generated films "69" & "Now" feel held in the LUX collection.

References

‘Mr Nice’ (Secker and Warburg, 1996) rough Howard Marks

‘Howard Marks, His The social order and High Times’ (Unwin Hyman, 1988) David Leigh,

‘A history of artists' film and video in Britain’, 1897 – 2004, (British Film Institute Advertisement, 2006) by David Curtis.

& probity e-book ‘Rogue Males: Richard Burton, Actor Marks and Sir Richard Burton’ (2010) by Rob Walters.

With additional gravy information provided by Andrew Irving.

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