Joel Dittrich

Base: Stockholm

About

I´m an audio-visual artist and university college teacher, working interdisciplinary and experimental with live audio-visual performance and installations, video projection mapping and VJ-ing. The underlaying process includes electronic music production, motion graphics and other tasks related to videography and postproduction. The result is an augmented reality experience with intermodal relations. When I´m not working on my own projects, I accept creative or technical assignments as well as artistic, curatorial and technical direction. My ambition is to always give auditory and visual qualities equal importance, as well as continue developing the subject of cutting edge audio-visual production, by combining theory and practice. To be able to pursue this, the dynamic synergy of being both an artist and a teacher is indispensable to me.

I am working as teacher/course director at Forsbergs School for Graphic Design & Advertising, and as teacher/course director at Berghs School of Communication in collaboration with Håkan Lidbo, and as teacher/course director at Högskolan Dalarna University College at the Audio-visual Production program (Bachelor, 180 ECTS), under the supervision of Johan Söderberg.

I am educated at Konstfack University College of Arts Crafts and Design. I studied the Teacher Program on Art, Design and Visual Culture and did my diploma work on audio-visual performance & VJ-ing. I also studied Theories, Methods & Practices and The History of Photography & Video Art. At the Stockholm University I studied Musicology; Experimental Music and Sound Art. In New York City I studied The Fourth Dimension: Video, Space and The Broken Screen, at School of Visual Arts.

I am based in Stockholm, Sweden. But I travel to other cities several times a month for work and play.

SELECTION OF COMMISSIONERS AND COLLABORATORS

F 1-6/Fotografiska, Bonniers Konsthall, Färgfabriken Centre for Art and Architecture, Vision`r Festival [FR], Andreas Tilliander/Mokira (Repeatle), Johan Söderberg/Robyn, Voltaire Publishing (Kraft&Kultur), Elektronmusikstudion EMS/Electroacoustic Music in Sweden (Rikskonserter), Sveriges Radio/Berwaldhallen, Dagens Nyheter (Classical Masterpieces Remixed), South Of France Communication (Nikon), Share NYC [US], O-Space/One Arm Red [US], Cafe Orwell [US], Hvorslev Art Association [DK], Audiorama, Video Riot (Pixel Lab, Museum of World Culture), New Media Meeting, Håkan Lidbo Audio Industries, Drumcode Records, Heartbeats International (Axe), Svaj Café/Klubb, Structure Sthlm, Hyper Hyper, Socially Hazardous, Raketa, Pixelvärk (2.35:1/Berns Salonger), Voltfestival/UKK (Ström i P2/SR), Norbergfestival, Hootchy Kootchy Club (Södra Teatern), Designgalleriet, Sköna Hem, Plaza Magazine, Konstfack University College, Hobab Film & Television, Aroma Music (Goethe Institute, Embassy of Sweden) [DE], Ström i P2 (Arts Birthday/SR), Fylkingen New Music and Intermedia Art, Daimon Life (Tidningsutgivarna).

SOFTWARE

VDMX, MadMapper, Resolume Arena, Ableton Live + Max for Live + NI Komplete 8 + Waves, After Effects + Trapcode Suite, Quartz Composer, WatchOut, TouchDesigner, d3, Final Cut Pro, WordPress, etc.

HARDWARE

LZX Industries, Doepfer A-100, Kinect, JoMoX MBase 11, Akai APC40, Roland/Edirol V-4, Vixid and other audio/video mixers, scalers, splitters, adapters, cables, projectors, custom glitch tools, etc.

TOUCH

TouchOSC, Lemur, Konkreet Performer, TouchAble, Griid Pro, Moog Filtatron, Korg iMS-20, Sunrizer, Animoog, Addictive Synth, NanoStudio, C3LOOPS, etc.