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VJing 

(2010) 

is a reproduction of the Wikipedia article VJing, based upon the revision of July 25th 2010 and was produced as a physical outcome of the wiki-sprint, a collaborative writing workshop that was held 2010 during the Mapping Festival in Geneva.

VJing, *****, found footage, editing

This book is a faithful reproduction of the Wikipedia article VJing, based upon the revision of July 25th 2010, last edited by 77.12.27.96. This book was produced as a physical outcome of the wiki-sprint, a collaborative writing workshop that was held in May 2010 in the frame of Mapping Festival, Geneva.

The book includes a prologue by Raphael DiLuzio and an introduction by Ana Carvalho. The final editing and layout took place in August 2010 during Hyperactivity, a summer lab at Centre d’art de Neuchâtel.

 

Source: Greyscale Press

 

 

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VJam Theory: Collective Writings on Realtime Visual Performance (2008) presents the major concerns of practitioners and theorists of realtime media under the categories of performance, performer and interactors, audiences and participators. The volume is experimental in its attempt to produce a collective theoretical text with a focus on a new criticality based on practitioner/ artist theory in which artist/ practitioners utilise theoretical models to debate their practices. (VJ Theory)

‘vE-”jA: Art + Technology of Live Audio-Video (2006) by Xarene Eskander is a global snapshot of an exploding genre of tech-art performance: VJing and live audio-video. The book covers 40 international artists with 400+ colour images and 50+ movies and clips on an accompanying DVD and web downloads. (VJ Book)

VJ: Audio-Visual Art + VJ Culture (2006) edited by D-Fuse. A major change has taken place at dance clubs worldwide: the advent of the VJ. Once the term denoted the presenter who introduced music videos on MTV, but now it defines an artist who creates and mixes video, live and in sync to music, whether at dance clubs and raves or art galleries and festivals. This book is an in-depth look at the artists at the forefront of this dynamic audio-visual experience. (Laurence King Publishing)

VJing (2010) is a reproduction of the Wikipedia article VJing, based upon the revision of July 25th 2010 and was produced as a physical outcome of the wiki-sprint, a collaborative writing workshop that was held 2010 in the frame of Mapping Festival, Geneva. (Greyscale Press)

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Alex Rutterford is a British director and graphic designer working mostly on music videos. He studied graphic design at the Croydon School of Art and graduated in 1991. His most well-known works include the videos for Gantz Graf by Autechre, Verbal by Amon Tobin and Go to Sleep by Radiohead. (Wikipedia)

Carsten Goertz (*1981) works in interaction design, graphic design and media scenography projects. International practice as designer, lecturer and media artist in high profile design studios and institutions. Experimental and interdisciplinary orientation with strong conceptual skills and technological affinity. (Carsten Goertz)

Digital Harmony (1980): On the Complementarity of Music and Visual Art – John Whitney, Sr. wanted to create a dialog between "the voices of light and tone." All of his early experiments in film and the development of sound techniques lead toward this end. He felt that music was an integral part of the visual experience; the combination had a long history in man's primitive development and was part of the essence of life. His theories On the complementarity of Music and Visual Art were explained in his book, Digital Harmony, published by McGraw-Hill in 1980. (Paradise 2012)

David O'Reilly (*1985) is a young Irish animator working out of Berlin. 2009 he won the best short film Golden Bear in Berlin for Please Say Something, a melancholy modern day kitchen sink drama between a loving cat-type creature and an inattentive mouse. He also created the Youtube cult Octocat animations under the pseudonym Randy Peters, a nine year old kid. He also directed the lush animated video for U2 and their new single I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight and has made it into another beautiful small dramatic story. (State.ie)

Chris Cunningham (1970) is an English music video film director and video artist. He was born in Reading, Berkshire and grew up in Lakenheath, Suffolk. Chris Cunningham has had close ties to Warp Records since his first production for Autechre. Videos for Aphex Twin's Come to Daddy and Windowlicker are perhaps his best known. His video for Björk's All Is Full of Love won multiple awards, including an MTV music video award for "Breakthrough Video" and was nominated for a Grammy for "Best Short Form" Music Video. His video for Aphex Twin's Windowlicker was nominated for the "Best Video" award at the Brit Awards 2000. He also directed Madonna's Frozen video. (Wikipedia)