http://www.vj-u.net we teach live visual performance Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:47:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Lately I've been talking with my high school VJ-U students about the differences between analog/optical methods and digital techniques: forced perspective vs. green-screening, papier-mâché and clay vs. 3D modeling, et cetera. On [CreateDigitalMotion](http://createdigitalmotion.com/2008/03/20/videos-from-the-dawn-of-video-mechanical-effects-and-oscilloscope-games/), I saw John Whitney's "Catalog" a demo reel of his optical effects work from 1961, made ... http://www.vj-u.net/2008/03/21/john-whitneys-opticalanalog-effects-computer/ ARTIFICIAL.DUMMIES from todo.to.it on Vimeo. This outdoor installation was made by [TODO](http://www.todo.to.it/), a group of Italian "designers musicians geeks stalkers". It was made with [Processing](http://processing.org), which is free and comes with excellent tutorials. Found on [Bruce Sterling's blog Beyond the Beyond](http://blog.wired.com/sterling/2007/12/urban-processin.html). http://www.vj-u.net/2008/01/14/inspiration-light-graffiti-with-artificial-intelligence-in-torino-italy/ 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 ... http://www.vj-u.net/2007/11/28/pics-eclectic-method-visits-vj-u-class/ 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: ... http://www.vj-u.net/2007/11/15/brother-islands/ 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 ... http://www.vj-u.net/2007/11/07/vj-u-netcast-big-visuals-for-big-events-circus-of-now/ 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 ... http://www.vj-u.net/2007/10/31/vj-giles-hendrix-interview-video-drum-kit/ 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) http://www.vj-u.net/2007/10/26/vj-u-interviews/ 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) http://www.vj-u.net/2007/09/25/vj-u-interviews-vade/ [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. http://www.vj-u.net/2007/09/18/vj-u-interviews-artistactivist-jaime-del-val/ 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) http://www.vj-u.net/2007/09/11/look-inside-the-ruttetra-video-synthesizer/