Love is Attention
This didn’t start as a film. It started as a breakdown.
In 2024, I went to DomeFest West. The next morning, I sat in a coffee shop and cried my eyes out while sketching the idea for this film on paper.
It came from grief.
I was doing therapy, working through trauma, and remembering my friend Jonathan—the first person who ever showed me what art really is. Not polished. Not performative. Just true.
I walked away from him years ago to chase status and success.
Then one day he was gone.
This film isn’t about him.
But it exists because of him.
Love is attention.
This film is me learning how to pay it again.
Analog chaos. Glitch feedback. And a basement full of gear.
While most dome films go full high-end 3D, I went the opposite direction.
I built a glitch visual feedback system using vintage gear—CRTs, video mixers, glitch boxes, random converters.
Each session was live. Unpredictable. Messy. Beautiful.
I’d hook up a different signal chain, tweak, play, record.
It was visual improvisation. A visual jam session with wires and static.
I captured everything in 640x480. Then used AI tools to upscale it to HD while keeping that analog texture. The result? A dream state where signal distortion becomes art.
The music came first. The film followed.
I scored the entire 35-minute piece before creating the visuals.
Almost all of it came from one instrument: the ARP 2600.
This was not a soundtrack—it was an emotional purge.
Every note was me working something out.
I poured my whole heart into this.
This film wasn’t made for a market.
It was made for me.
Stills
Tech Specs & Credits
Runtime: 35 minutes
Format: 4K fisheye master, 4096x4096
Audio: Stereo or 5.1
Created by: Jake Jorgovan
Gear used:
Video Equipment
Video Mixers
Roland V4-EX
Roland LSV-800
Vintage Effects Boxes
VidiCraft SEG-100 Video Special Effects Generator
VidiCraft AVP-100 Pro Amp Video Processor
Sony Xv-c700 Color Corrector
Sima Pro-Series Color Corrector
Glitch Video Devices
MisMatcher Glitch Video Unit from Freedom Enterprise
Rupture Glitch Video Unit from Underscores
Mainbow Video Synthesizer from Chroma Cauldron
Wave Comber from Chroma Cauldron
Software Enablement Tools
Resolume Avenue
Akai APC-40
Topaz AI Upscaling
Adobe Premiere
Audio Equipment
Ableton Live
ARP 2600
Roland Juno JU-06A
Behringer TD-3-MO
Roland TR-8
WMD TRSHMSTR
WMD CR4BN
Noise Engineering Desmodus Versio
Noise Engineering Yester Versio
Upscaling SD footage to 4k with Topaz AI
I’ve always had a sweet spot in my heart for SD video.
There is something about that retro look that modern video just can’t match.
But using SD on a dome… well it has always just looked a bit fuzzy.
Until recently I came across Topaz AI which has a video upscaling model.
Instead of just upscaling SD footage to a fuzzy full dome film, I was able to utilize different algorithms to create this stylistic upscaled look.
The end result is SD retro footage, upscaled into a new look onto a 4k dome screen.
This entire film was captured at 640x480 SD resolution.
It was then upscaled with Topaz AI.
These shots show the before and after with Topaz.
About the Artist
Jake Jorgovan is a musician, visual artist, and creative technologist who splits his time between Fort Collins, Colorado & Montreal, Canada. For years, he built companies, chased goals, and lived deep inside the world of entrepreneurship. But beneath all of that was always the artist.
Love Is Attention is Jake’s debut dome film—a piece that wasn’t made for the market, or the medium, or even for an audience. It was made as a personal reckoning. A return to feeling. A return to expression. It became a love letter to grief, presence, and visual experimentation.
The film was created using analog glitch setups, feedback loops, and vintage video gear—paired with a fully original score written and produced by Jake.
This project marks the beginning of something new. A shift.
He doesn’t know exactly what comes next, but it will probably involve more domes. More emotion. More wires.
And a lot more love.
