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DJ Hell: Teufelswerk (Tourvisuals) 

(2008) 

- In support of DJ Hell's new album Teufelswerk Lichtfront used an impressively huge 3D mask as a projection screen for the visuals.

This movie is taken at the release party in Hamburg 2008.

 

 

DJ Hell: Teufelswerk (Tourvisuals), people, Live Visuals

Reading

Audio.Visual - On Visual Music and Related Media (2009) by Cornelia Lund and Holger Lund (Eds.) is divided into two sections: the first deals with the academic discussion on the subject of visual music; the second introduces contemporary paradigms of audio-visual praxis in brief presentations and contextualises them. Apart from being a guide in the historical sense, this new volume provides theoretical approaches to understanding and making visual music. (Fluctuating Images)

The Art of Projectionism (2007) by Frederick Baker (in German) sets out the principles behind his use of projectors in the film making process. He defines a projectionist school of filmmaking and media art. In this publication he also presented Ambient film, a surround experience that can be shown in specially developed cinemas. (Wikipedia)

‘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)

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SEE ALSO

Mouthface (2007) by Antonin De Bemels is a music video freely inspired by the track On the floor by Michael Fakesch, from his solo album Dos. (Videomedeja)

Volkan Ergen is a Turkish drummer, producer and visual artist. He graduated from the Istanbul Technical University's Concervatory Instrument Production Department. As a drummer he accompanied many musicians on numerous albums and worked as a producer. (The Only Constant)

Arthur Lipsett (1936-1986) was a Canadian avant-garde director of short collage films. Arthur Lipsett's meticulous editing and combination of audio and visual montage was both groundbreaking and influential. (Wikipedia)

William Forsythe (*1949) is recognized as one of the world's foremost choreographers. His work is acknowledged for reorienting the practice of ballet from its identification with classical repertoire to a dynamic 21st-century art form. William Forsythe's deep interest in the fundamental principles of organisation has led him to produce a wide range of projects including installations, films, and web-based knowledge creation. (The Forsythe Company)

Bolz (2004) by Berlin based Transforma. Audio by Apparat. The music is pumping as improvised cardboard robot costumes get transformed into abstract animated colors and shapes. A continuation and refinement of Spaque production techniques: Hi-gloss images out of simple, cheap materials, the juxtaposition of the polished and the rough and an homage to Chris Cunningham. (Transforma)