vjing - from software to public space

VJing?

It is not tied to any particular genre or even a specific technology.

VJing is a verb.

The basic action is when a person manipulates materials that are broadcasted or projected, before an audience.

Manuel Schmalstieg

education

codeart

ms-studio.net

N3krozoft Media Group

Wiki-Sprint c/o Mapping Festival

It is not tied to any particular genre or even a specific technology.

VJing is a verb.

The basic action is when a person manipulates materials that are broadcasted or projected, before an audience.

ORIGINS

Etienne Gaspard Robertson's Phantasmagoria, Paris, 1797-1798

ORIGINS

“showmen with lanterns traveled around the country giving shows in the places they stopped, projecting on walls or white sheets. ”

img: Dictionnaire historique et pittoresque du théâtre et des arts, 1885

ORIGINS

ORIGINS

Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae, Athanasius Kircher, 1671

ORIGINS

“The projector was mobile, allowing the projected image to move and change size on the screen, and multiple projecting devices allowed for quick switching of different images.”

Phantasmagoria (wikipedia def.)

ORIGINS

The firm of Carpenter and Westley were the first to commercially produce lanterns and slides in Great Britain from about 1826 onwards.

Prototype ➞ Product

ORIGINS

As magic lanterns became cheaper to buy, and readily available in shops, people could create Lantern shows for themselves at home.

ORIGINS

TOOLS

cinématographe

• camera

• projector

• portability

TOOLS

business model

1) international PR

operators

2) hardware sales

3) film sales

TOOLS

near realtime :

shooting

development

screening

TOOLS

simple

d.i.y.

fast

complex

specialized

slow

TOOLS

Nam June Paik, “Zen for Film”, 1962

TOOLS

Nam June Paik

“Magnet TV”

1962

SYNTHS

Paik/Abe Synthesizer

1969-1971

SYNTHS

Stephen Beck

Direct Video Synthesizer, 1970

SYNTHS

The Video Weaver is a digital pattern

generator involving a string of counters and a

Random Access Memory (RAM) to hold and

later retrieve a stored pattern. Beck used the

generator for his abstract, often psychedelic

video experiments.

TOOLS

Rutt-Etra Video Synthesizer

by Steve Rutt & Bill Etra

1972

TOOLS

VHS

laserdiscs

1980s

MTV

digital video

beamers

1990s

laptops

HARDWARE

Panasonic WJ-MX10

HARDWARE

KorgKaoss PadEntrancerca. 2004

6 sec samples2 inputsno crossfade

HARDWARE

KorgKaptivator2005$2500

HARDWARE

HARDWARE

EdirolV-42004?$1995

HARDWARE

PioneerDVJ-X19/2006$3000

HARDWARE

The Pioneer DVJ (...) locked the performer either into a pre-prepared set (which rather defeated the point) or a non-synchronised set (which made the unit an expensive DVD player) - Dave Dri

HARDWARE

PioneerSVM-10002/2008$6000

No HDNo HDMINo DVI

HARDWARE

EdirolV-83/2008$1995

HARDWARE

EdirolP-109/2008$1195

HARDWARE

VIXIDVJX16-42/2008€ 2990

HARDWARE

VIXIDVJX16-4€ 2990 audiovisual mixer to which one can

connect various pieces of audiovisual equipment and overlay simultaneously up to 4 video tracks

HARDWARE

DVI Mixer2010??

HARDWARE

CURRENTS

web as realtime source

Mark Lee: “Breaking the News”

CURRENTS

urban architectural projection

Blinkenlights, 2001

CURRENTS


lab[au]Dexia Tower2006

CURRENTS


Graffiti Research Lab

CURRENTS

Krzysztof Wodiczko, 1984-1985

QUESTIONS

...

QUESTIONS

software

magic

etc etc

open source

modul8resolumevdmx...

processingmax/mspvvvv

pure data

quartz composer

QUESTIONS

THANK YOU !!!

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vjing - from software to public space

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