You have heard about Syphon and Hap. You might even be using them. But do you know the people behind these technologies and the other great things they do?
Author Archives: The MIDI Thief
Mapping Festival 2014 report
It took 10 years for me to get to the Mapping Festival in Geneva. I wish I would have gone sooner but being there for the 10th anniversary was great. People who has been coming for years said that this year was one of the best in the festival history.
VJs for charity
Come and bet a few bucks on VIDIOT’S VIDEO SLOT MACHINE on Saturday at Vinterträdgården. All revenue goes to Musikhjälpen (The Music Help).
Norberg Festival needs your help!
Norberg Festival is in need of a VJ co-ordinator. This person will schedule the VJs and keep the contact between the VJs, the booking people and the tech staff.
The Mixxeo HDMI/DVI mixer project
I’ve heard rumors about yet another HDMI/DVI mixer in the making. This one is called “Mixxeo” and is coming from the Milkymist community. I tracked down Sébastien Bourdeauducq, the founder of the Mixxeo project, and asked him a few questions.
April Fool’s aftermath
Our April fools joke passed by under the radar once again. In this post we’re talking about our April Fool’s joke as well as others from the VJ and A/V community.
GOATO80 – Eight bit goat version
Eight bit power duo Goto80 and Raquel Meyers just announced that they are releasing an audio-visual album with goat versions of some of Goto80’s most popular tunes. Each track will have visuals performed by Raquel Meyers in various eight bit styles. The album is simply titled “GOATO80” and is sold on iTunes starting today.
A great start to the new year
I couldn’t have imagined a better start of the year when it comes to software and hardware. So many good things has been announced and released already. Let’s have a look at some stuff that relates to us visualists.
Silo Sessions III, Berlin
I’ve been emailing with a guy called Emmanuel Pidré. Not only is he making beautiful art himself, he is also promoting digital arts events in Berlin through a collective called Mindpirates. The next one is called Silo Sessions III and features the audiovisual artist Peter Kirn, by many of us known as the author of Create […]
VJ Vitascope mini documentary
This is a mini documentary about VJ Vitascope a.k.a. Simon Richardson, an artist from Glasgow who performs with 16mm film projectors. Jim Rusky, the maker of the movie, recently discovered the original movie files on an old harddrive and Simon uploaded the documentary to his Vimeo account.