Geometry of Poi

The Geometry of Poi is an exploration of the triquetra, double infinity, and spiral through poi spinning. It was originally a 4 channel video installation displayed in downtown Chicago. It was created in 2009 when I was just learning some of these moves so the poi spinning is far from perfect, but it captures conceptually what I was going for.
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[@stephanfloyd4209]

so this just made learning everything so much easier for me now that i can follow the patterns in my head thank you so much :D

[@cjl85uk]

Dude... nice work, thank you for making and sharing this!

[@MoxxyEvo]

Very beautiful! Useful understanding of patterns. Love it.

[@pats448]

Stunningly beautiful Kate, and inspirational! Thanks Pat

[@g50irene]

great video. i am just learning moves on my own and love this. Please post more. Thank you!

[@amallucent]

This was stunningly beautiful. Very well done.

[@devinl3789]

Amazing tutorial! Cheers!

[@molyhikari8023]

Very interesting and nice work! Well done video and the music is just perfect. 🌼💖 yeah in 2017

[@flipfloptldend]

i wish there were more like this it helps with the visual to interactive side o the tricks!

[@deep.feeling]

This is beautiful

[@vikas5366]

Nice Tutorial!! easy way to learn :)

[@xuemeiwong1893]

NICE video！ i am learning it now !

[@VegaEtereo]

Excellent.

[@IfredoI]

muy bien espero suban otro

[@orelys5970]

Excellent!

[@nightshade2541]

that is really cool and helpful - thanks a lot!

[@MrFair]

Very cool video!

[@ul-ulpoi-ser6614]

Very beautiful!

[@juliasolala9139]

very fantastic.!

[@Wrobelkrzysztof1]

super cool and super help ful

[@Sze912]

thanks for making this video!!!!

[@Sze912]

It's so lovely and gorgeous at the same time! stunning, beautiful work

[@SpinPoi]

@@Sze912 thank you so much! Glad you like it :)

[@chamberofrelics]

Thanks for this amazing work.

[@toastyPOI]

this is a amazing video :) thanks friend

[@martezana]

very nice!

[@chesstaipan]

Also, I have been doing a lot of research on the geometry of sound/music in regards to poi. There is an excellent little book called harmonograph which should give you some good ideas. A lot of the ratios of music when represented geometrically are the same as poi patterns. If we could develop a program to do what you have done visually in a clean way and also create music when the ratios are hit correctly, that would be wonderfully epic.. Let's collaborate, I am Thom Thumb on Facebook.

[@5kehhn]

Very nice.

[@SpinPoi]

it looks like the end of a mind meltdown into a lockout

[@lumpyeuphoria5688]

Very Euphoric

[@congasious]

Simple, clean and nice video ^^ me likes

[@tianagomez435]

thank you

[@WallAceOfSpades237]

Cooool!

[@SpinPoi]

Poi is a style of performance art which involves swinging weights on the end of flexible cords, one in each hand, through a variety of rhythmical and geometric patterns.

[@poiclub]

nice video

[@keenkajou]

I tear up when I watch fire poi its fucken beautiful

[@ayahluna4463]

Me encanta

[@vojtastolbenko]

Reallly interesting....!!! =D amazing..

[@user-bx5qi7tu1b]

Супер!!!

[@Santiagojr90]

NICE

[@chesstaipan]

Kate, this is superb! It is likely that you have already seen this, but just in case you have yet to, search for poi transmissions on youtube. You should connect with my friend Alien Jon as he has done a lot of geometry of poi animation in 3d studio max. Also, we have been dreaming of a real time WII-esque poi spinning, geometry, music game for a couple years now. Let's all come together and make this a reality!

[@britishogo]

Great editing, but the geometry if a bit off...it's not to clean! But I love the concept of this video! great job!!! Hopefully form watching footage of your own spinning it's made you aware of where to focus for bettering yourself! I love seeing long exposures and film of my spinning! Tells me what I need to work on! =]

[@Morphem13]

Osome! How u did this glow effect? ))

[@kermit368]

nice

[@some123stin]

wow!

[@user-fp2eh8fy5n]

2.25 illustrates a hybrid flower into the side, and is a regular and not a diamond as again shown, and the square?

[@dandiaz1782]

hey its kate the great lol. its Sylar Brodie btw.

[@BkNickMay]

cool

[@Candorsmayhem]

Love the video, the music sounds like something creepy crawly hatching out of an egg though, and gives me a heebie jeebies

[@SoAandFriends]

wow this music is totally aws who made it?

[@elenapetrenchuk88]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@poiislifelifeispoi]

hey bro...what program is this....?....

[@MS-um6yo]

WHERE CAN I BUY THIS LEADS?

[@lornaskelly3945]

Dunno, but i like it :)

[@kermit368]

hey what song is that

[@subasinijegarajah99]

Wow it is so beautiful. What is those things called and where can i buy them?

[@SpinPoi]

The art of spinning a weight around in a circle is called "poi." In this video I used post-production to add the colored light trails, but, you can buy poi that glow!

[@rodneygilbert6061]

Kate Riegle - van West poi is actually a different language for fire. spinning poi. is spinning fire. . . not trying to be a dick lol sorry

[@jaderisner7867]

Subasini Jegarajah emazing lights/jade5233

[@SpinPoi]

Ah sorry, the trails were made in post production!

[@EzioPoi]

Hmm. good effection. but flowers... they some uneven

[@cheesecakesocks]

well now i do

[@CIBOYPRODUCT]

to all the toms in the world

[@rodneygilbert6061]

3:27 is what i wanna learn

[@matthewkemp4771]

can i ask how you edited this?

[@SpinPoi]

+matthew kemp I edited it in Motion. I generated a particle for the trail, and then had that particle follow each poi head.

[@beachsidebooy]

how to see them on real by fire and sould be high speed

[@SoAandFriends]

lol im HI-larious srsly though, i think this was the released version; there's a remaster i did that should actually be on your comp, search for ae.wav

[@28880]

looks like someone passed geometry with an A

[@thederpguidetolife3014]

music track name?

[@SpinPoi]

Son of Akira .:.:anteater:.:. by Son of Akira, you can find him on SoundCloud :)

[@AG.Floats]

Fullmetalgift is just jelly he can't spin. Have fun with your YoYo. Lol.

[@SpinPoi]

The illustration at 2.25 is conceptual, not technical :)

[@blumskee420]

lol

[@jaykay4073]

wheres the ELECTRON !

[@SnowmanJoe66]

betcha cant spell your name with those

[@SHCVoodoo]

Poi is for people who aren't good enough for yoyos.

[@whiteshadow247]

Maybe he is just demonstrating a little bit. He could possibly spin better than you or you could possibly spin better than him either way, who cares!