Getting new members injects energy into the organization. Fake Pilot (a.k.a. Mattias Lindberg) is one of our latest additions and he has been cramming Quartz Composer and Processing books lately and shared valuable tips and video experiments in our Facebook group. I thought I’d share some of that here on the blog.
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Galantis Live Premiere
Yesterday I met up with Dan (ElectricKingDan) from Startsladd during his brief visit to Stockholm. We talked VJ-ing in general and the Galantis live premier video in specific over tacos, beer and coffee.
The D-Fuser site is up and running
Toby finally got the site up for the D-Fuser DVI mixer. Between September 1-9 you will be able to order a mixer from the first production. Read all about the pricing, shipping and other details at the brand new *spark live web site.
Mountain Lion
I’m on OSX but I’m not at all an early adopter when it comes to operating systems. I just upgraded to Lion in June and the next release, Mountain Lion is already here. So is it worth upgrading yet? The subject was brought up in our Facebook group and Mattias Lindberg (Fake Pilot) stated that […]
Mapping Festival 2013
It’s already time to apply for the next edition of the prestigious Mapping Festival in Geneva, Switzerland. The festival will take place May 2-12 next year.
The D-Fuser is coming… for real!
No one could have imagined that it would take this long time to make the D-Fuser ready for production but the time is finally here.
New Syphon apps
I follow the Syphon Twitter feed and noticed a couple of new Syphon apps.
The Off Book – The Art of Glitch
PBS Digital Studios presents the new issue of the Off Book: “Glitches are the frustrating byproduct of technology gone awry. Wildly scrambled images, frozen blue screens, and garbled sounds signify moments where we want to throw our expensive computer products out the window. Many artists and programmers, however, have embraced these crisis moments and discovered beauty in the glitch.”
A video from Volt
I didn’t think I was going to post anything more this month but a video from the Volt festival just surfaced showing the Vidiots visuals for Black Dog.
Summer time
We Swedes tend to drop all work and go nuts in july before the darkness and the cold returns. As a good member of the Swedish society, so will I. Usually not much happens here VJ wise in july but since LED screens has become more popular at outdoors events, the technology to do visuals in the Swedish midnight sun is there.