My tribute to Oskar Fischinger

To those who don't know his work, perheaps the animation of top early Walt Disney's classic movie "Fantasia" (1940) can reveal a bit of his genious work.

With very little published movies on the market, I first came across Fischinger's work on a website with excerts of old animated movies. I was dazzled with his ability to do motion graphics in perfect harmony with music. Isn't this what a VJ is all about? Yeah, but this guy did it in the eraly 40s. Crazy...

In the meantime, I found on the Modern Tate library a DVD edition with most of his career highlights, and it is brilliant. On the contrary to many other artists of that early movie years, Oskar Fischinger was largely admired by Hollywood stars and producers.

This video is a short and humble tribute to his work, with soundtrack by Daedelus.

Puma Lift

A very cool solution for a low-budget campaign. Made by Droga5, NY.

Blu strikes again... in Berlin

I just love the work of these guys. Everytime they come up, they present us with something bigger and funnier. After the amazing MUTO video they did in Argentina, their work exploded all over.
After all, empty walls to paint can be found everywhere. This time they went to Berlin. Take a time to watch all of their videos at youtube...

LeCollagiste presents the 1000 Replay project

The idea of cloning 1000 replays of the same scene always brings as a result an impressive video. After his first testing videos, the french vj LeColagiste now presents a second approach to the videogame "Trackmania".

snow projection

Some guys in Australia set up a cool demo of a projection in snowballs, using mask and video mapping effects to grab the round forms.

Robert Hodgin's interview

A must-read interview with Processing guru Robert Hodgin, from Flight404 and the Barbarian Group. A very interesting approach on his professional path throughout Processing and it's interaction with other design tools and concepts.

Construction 76, by Lia

Lia is an austrian visual artist exploring generative art since the early 90s.

Vienna was a hotbed of experimentation. A large group of artists pushed the boundaries of abstraction in visual art as well as music, often experimenting with code-based tools. It should be noted that the term “generative art” was not in use at the time. Nevertheless, the work produced at the time clearly articulated generative and procedural approaches to sound and image synthesis, prefiguring the current interest in such work. (read full article).

Here's a recent posted video :-)


Construction 76 from Lia on Vimeo.

Marta Hugon presents...

"Crash into me", the latest videoclip from jazz-singer Marta Hugon, a dear friend of mine.
Not the usual visual stuff I normally post, but the music is worth while and I really like the blurry cleanness of the video...

Great visuals by Flat-e!

My Secret Heart is a new music and film installation written by electronic composer and Warp artist Mira Calix, video artists Flat-e and sound designer Dave Sheppard.

They are working with around 80-100 Streetwise performers from across the UK to create a unique work that will be shown around the world.

The new piece is inspired by the Allegri’s 17th-century choral work Miserere Mei, a piece so protected by the Vatican that they put an embargo on it. Mira Calix and Flat-e have used the theme of secrecy to explore movements and singing with Streetwise’s participants to create this new century-leaping work.

The installation will be premiered at the Royal Festival Hall (Clore Ballroom) on 3rd December and tour to galleries and festivals across the world through 2009.

Relentless, spectacular!

The two Processing wizards Robert Hodgin (Flight404) and Andrew Bell (Drawline) have posted this great video using Processing. It's about a new audio visualizer for the Relentless Energy Drink, available only in the UK...


Relentless, The REV from flight404 on Vimeo.