#THE ART OF THE VJ AND LIVE VISUALS FULL#

Ingenious and widely-acclaimed, Chris Cunningham is known for the intimate, sexually-charged robots in BjГ¶rks вЂњAll is Full of LoveвЂќ and the nightmarish Aphex TwinвЂ™s clip вЂњCome to DaddyвЂќ. Her brilliance also extends to exhibition projects, one of which вЂ Music and MoodвЂ™ created an audio-visual journey that explored the idea that music affects us all, and that sounds can produce real change. Her apocalyptic visual maps are often combined with warm blue and orange colours adding sensory warmth. At CroatiaвЂ™s 2014 Sonus Festival she was behind the custom visual live performance for two stages. Having VJed alongside the likes of Sven VГ¤th, Paula Temple, Nina Kraviz and Ricardo Villalobos, this badass lady has in three short years risen to become one of BerlinвЂ™s top visual artists. Jem the Misfit has made a huge impression on the European visual and electronic scene. His projects push visual and technical limits while he formulates images attuned to a variety of producers by sculpting his projection beams with motion graphics. GridspaceвЂ™s visuals have graphitized numerous festivals such as Mutek and Igloofest with mood-enhancing visuals in deceptively simple tones of black, white, red and blue. Inspired by modern-day science fiction, MontrealвЂ™s Gridspace creates visuals that stem from dark, galactic themes to bright panoramas. ItвЂ™s then no surprise that her studio in Amsterdam is filled with a wide selection of minerals and gemstones. вЂњI love what nature produces without a human interference,вЂќ explains Heleen in an interview with Sekoia. Most of her projections therefore consist of stars, clouds, birds and mountains. Heleen is keen to put natural elements into the clubbing atmosphere from which she draws her inspiration.

Responsible for the visuals behind the UFO stage at this yearвЂ™s Dekmantel, she has performed alongside Marcel Fengler, Ben Klock and Jeff Mills. She began by doing various visual projects with some of AmsterdamвЂ™s leading clubs and galleries, but nowadays youвЂ™re more likely to find her creating atmospheres for festivals and clubs worldwide. Heleen Blanken is a cutting-edge Dutch artist in the electronic music scene. These media alchemists also create album covers, video clips in addition to art installations and their humorous approach and distinctive imagination is remarkable. Synchronising music with minimal light and video, using 3D layers of translucent gaze, they open different perspectives from all angles in the audience. Having done live shows for the tours of Paul Kalkbrenner, Moderat and Modeselektor, Pfadfinderei are one of BerlinвЂ™s true gems. DJB gives credit to the top ten VJs in electronic music that have transformed the clubbing experience by creating a harmonization of the two most important senses, sound and sight.Д«erlin-based Pfadfinderei, (translated as вЂpathfindersвЂ™ or вЂboyscoutsвЂ™) specialize in interactive media scenography, often applying innovative ideas to fusing light, video and spatial design. Slowly but surely, VJs are stepping out of the shadows of DJs, creating a stand-alone, independent form of culture.

This sub-reddit is dedicated to the art of VJing.ДЄnything related goes! Share links to live sets, tutorials, techniques, software, hardware, reviews, artists, events, music videos with noteworthy visuals, samples and loops, ask questions, etc.VJs have to be on-top of their game, capable of synchronizing their art with that of the DJ, flexible so as to adapt to a number of different styles of music in one night, often not knowing what track will be played next.

The art of the vj and live visuals