VJ-U

Jonny Wilson from [Eclectic Method](http://eclecticmethod.net) visited our 10th and 11th grade VJ-U classes at [UAMA](http://uamusicandart.org) to give a hands-on show ‘n’ tell with the students. Check out the Flickr set linked below for more pictures of the kids scratching video. Thanks, Jonny!

##### Update
We’ve posted videos from Tuesday shot by Jorven (one of our students from last semester, actually) and Dan [on the Internet Archive](http://www.archive.org/details/EclecticMethodVisitsVJ-U-at-UAMA). They’re AVIs so your browser might not be able to play them — if so, let us know in the comments and we’ll put up some friendlier versions.

This Saturday at Eyebeam, Benton-C and Dan Winckler are performing in Brother Islands, a multimedia show about…the Brother Islands and all the terrible stuff that happened there.

[November 17, 8–11PM: MIXER performance and party](http://www.eyebeam.org/about/news/110607.html#article03)

Eyebeam, 540 W 21st St (between 10th Ave and 11th Ave), New York

Brother Islands (Places to Lose People)
Cost: $10
After 9PM: $5

[Limited tickets now available online](https://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/528/t/4366/shop/shop.jsp?storefront_KEY=353)

MIXER, Eyebeam’s new quarterly series showcasing live audio and video performance, launches with Brother Islands, a haunting tableau integrating audio and video recordings, stereographic photos and live theater. Eyebeam Education Fellow Benton-C Bainbridge creates an expanded documentary of North Brother Island half a century since its abandonment, as it fades from New York City’s map and its bleak buildings succumb to nature.

This tiny South Bronx Island was once notorious as a harsh quarantine and locus of misfortunate legends like Typhoid Mary and the General Slocum ferry disaster.

Stick around at 9PM for drinks and an exclusive A/V performance by The Jesse Stiles 3000, Bill Etra and vade.

Brother Islands performance ensemble: Benton-C Bainbridge, Minou Maguna, Ross Goldstein, Ryder Cooley, Dan Winckler, Matthew Schlanger, Jesse Stiles.

The [Circus of Now](http://circusofnow.com) designs and stages large-scale, immersive multimedia events — past clients include BMW, Diesel, UNICEF, Berlin’s Love Parade, Burger King, Sony and Universal Music. Aleksej Schön, director of Circus of Now, joins us on VJ-U to show and tell how CON brings together bleeding edge technology and designer/artists to make jaw-dropping, synaesthetic environments for its clients.

[Watch this VJ-U netcast on Operator11.com](http://operator11.com/shows/1054/episodes/28453)

Yesterday on VJ-U I interviewed VJ Giles Hendrix, a 10 year veteran of the visual performance world who’s done visuals with Paul van Dyk, Armin van Buren, and, surprisingly, no one else with “van” in their name. Giles is a prolific, dynamic artist who creates original content for every show to give it a unique look and feel. Check our interview below, which was the first at our new host [harvestworks](http://harvestworks.org/). Thank you, harvestworks!

[Watch episode VENTITRE (23)](http://operator11.com/shows/1054/episodes/27529)

After the show, Giles and I headed to the Highline Ballroom, a fabulous new venue, for a party hosted by [Thwak.com](http://thwak.com) and [Boards Magazine](http://www.boardsmag.com/), where Jonny Wilson, a friend of VJ-U and member of the DVJ trio [Eclectic Method](http://eclecticmethod.net), performed a kick-ass AV set. If you’re not familiar with EM, [watch the Pioneer DVJ Kitchen Jam](http://www.eclecticmethod.net/video.aspx) (scroll down to find it). At last night’s show, Tony Verderosa debuted his video drum kit, which Jonny helped create. It was hot. They used MIDI drum pads to trigger A/V clips in [VJAMM](http://www.vjamm.com/). Looking forward to further developments there.

Since we interviewed vade, we’ve had four great interviews that we’ve neglected to post here…until now.

* [dvadeset i dva: Applications in cross-modal media](http://operator11.com/shows/1054/episodes/27122) with Ray Sweeten
* [ishirini na moja: Missy Galore!](http://operator11.com/shows/1054/episodes/26088)
* [YOL-A-HUP: Interview with David Linton](http://operator11.com/shows/1054/episodes/24665)
* [Dezoito: On collaboration and grids with Lenara Verle](http://operator11.com/shows/1054/episodes/23805)

Today on the VJ-U livecast Benton-C interviewed [vade (a.k.a. Anton Marini)](http://abstrakt.vade.info) about analog versus digital, realtime visual performance, the Rutt/Etra video synthesizer and vade’s hothot work.

[SYTTEN : VJ-U interviews vade](http://operator11.com/shows/1054/episodes/22574)

[Watch VJ-U livecast episode DIECISÉIS](http://operator11.com/shows/1054/episodes/21261)

This week Marlon Barrios Solano interviewed Jaime del Val, the meta-composer, visual- dance- intermedia- artist, performer and queer activist.

Today on the netcast show Benton-C and Dan Winckler looked at several disassembled Rutt/Etra video synthesizers and discussed their history and usage and, more broadly, analog video art with [Matthew Schlanger](http://www.lumpybanger.com/).

[FEMTEN : hands-on with the Rutt/Etra video synthesizer](http://operator11.com/shows/1054/episodes/19781)

Marlon Barrios Solano interviews Mark Coniglio and Dawn Stoppiello of [Troika Ranch](http:/troikaranch.org/) about their upcoming show: LOOP DIVER at 3 Legged Dog (3LD), the intersection of dance and multimedia performance, and their visual performance software [Isadora](http://www.troikatronix.com/isadora.html).

[CHAUDAHA : body loops with Troika Ranch](http://operator11.com/shows/1054/episodes/18349)

Hi! We are VJ-U. We teach the art of live visual performance–or VJ-ing–to students of all ages. You can find our open source curriculum on [Wikiversity](http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/VJ-U) and our weekly [video podcast on Operator11](http://operator11.com/people/1777). We are [Benton-C Bainbridge](http://benton-c.com), [Marlon Barrios Solano](http://unstablelandscape.net) and [Dan Winckler](http://danwinckler.com). We are supported by [Eyebeam Art & Technology Center](http://eyebeam.org) and the [Urban Assembly School of Music and Art](http://uamusicandart.org) (UAMA).

Here’s a video some of our students made in Fall 2006 at UAMA. You can see more of our students’ work on [YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/veejayu).

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