Videomorphose has been around since 2004.
Pushing forward edgy vector animation with cinematographic composition and collage, this project has been continuously evolving into new AV formats, clubbing concepts and exclusive contents for events.
...The usual 4 day journey into free spirit of mind and the most forward thinking transglobal cultural event ever!
Although with much fewer visual impact than the last years (video installations, VJing), this year's edition got bigger and better. I must confess I liked the old Sacred Fire stage better because of its more rustic approach and position (one could see it from the garden area), although this year's design was awsome (yet more professional, with truss support and professional lighting).
Finally, on one side the chill area got smaller and poorer than last edition and on the other side Boom gained a new incredible stage (Groovy Beach), in which I heard and danced my brains out to the sound of the most incredible funky music!
Another travel to that wonderful island. Praia da Vitória, Terceira, Açores.
This year the weather spoiled the main events. An incredible shower droped friday afternoon and collapsed the structure of the main stage.
Nevertheless, people didn't go away and we had to improvise the electronic performances in a secondary tent. Everybody helped and we managed to set up the sound and image hardware in a rush. As always, we have been very welcomed and it was nice to meet some local friends.
Almost two years after this undercover action in one hot summer night in Lisboa, and because I needed urgent disc space, I decided to quickly edit the "making of" that I undertook together with Michael Parenti and Todd Thille from Artificialeyes.tv. More info about this here and here.
After two years of continuous development and testing, the istambul based VJ collective (and friends!) finally present to the world the state-of-the-art realtime generative 3D Vj software 3L. Developed by VJs to VJs and visual artists, 3L is a new landmark in realtime video manipulation, allowing full control to performances via sound analysis, video analysis, time based sequencing and lfo's or midicontrol.
Using stopmotion animation and tons of patience and skill, the visual artist Blu presents us with an astonishing 8m video of his wall-painting illustration.
I had already heard about Pani giant projectors, but I really never had the chance to glimpse the work of Friedrich Forster and Sabine Weisseinger. These two artists have been developing Architectural projection throughout the world with the support of this technology. And what an amazing work!
They began early 95 with the Reichstag project in Berlin (together with the Christo installation, I believe), and with the continuous support from Pani, they undertook major visual dreams - the Koeln cathedral, the pyramids in Egypt and more recently the future headquarter of European Central bank in Frankfurt, among many others.
Really unique artwork, carefully studied and design for each place. More info here and here
V-4 has been the VJs best friend. I speak for myself, as it was my first hardware investment about 5 years ago. And it paid itself many many times with all the gigs I did. It never failed on me, it droped several times and never got cranked.
Now Roland comes up with V-8! A few new effects, more input channels (why VGA, man?), but still no audio input for total synch (I'm recalling the transformed V-4 mixing table from Addictive TV).
After a long wait, nothing really new came up. BNC inputs are ok, and so are the A/B faders (buttons are out), but what about HD mixing? I need to try it out to see if the image really got a new quality kick. Does anybody know the price?
Joanie Lemerciaer (aka Crustea) was the invited artist to the annual Moving Images Project on the city's council house building during the last week before Christmas. It is a project that has began in 2006 and intends to continue. Using Arkaos (I dont't like the sw, I confess), he mapped the building and enlightened it's different parts creating an impressive visual show.
Although with much fewer visual impact than the last years (video installations, VJing), this year's edition got bigger and better. I must confess I liked the old Sacred Fire stage better because of its more rustic approach and position (one could see it from the garden area), although this year's design was awsome (yet more professional, with truss support and professional lighting).
Finally, on one side the chill area got smaller and poorer than last edition and on the other side Boom gained a new incredible stage (Groovy Beach), in which I heard and danced my brains out to the sound of the most incredible funky music!
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