Danish filmmaker Anders Ostergaard was in Myanmar to do a half-hour portrait on a young member of the Democratic Voice of Burma, an underground group of video journalists determined to document the oppressive conditions in the country, when suddenly, in September 2007, the Buddhist monks’ rebellion broke out. It had been sparked by the military [...]
A very interesting piece of immersive artwork. Here is an example of the Max/MSP + Unity3d game engine combination in action.
Seoul is currently hosting “Seoul Digital Culture Open (sedco.sab.kr)” from June 17 to 22 in order to present the operation of Digital Media City (DMC) to its citizens. The event was initiated by enterprises within the DMC as well as the people of Seoul. The unique aspect of this event will draw big crowds. I’m [...]
VISP is an open source visual performance application built on Adobe AIR (formerly Apollo) Rich Internet Application Platform. Go to VISP-VJ.com for source code and downloads. To run VISP you will also need Adobe AIR. The VISP homepage contains tutorials and guidelines for running, installing and creating artworks with the program. VISP looks to [...]
Is the future of digital artists a merging of designers, programmers, VJs, filmmakers and musicians? Just like Scratch Film, Scratch Video is not new but it is still being used in interesting and diverse ways. The following is a Scratch Live 1.8 demo.
The Mawzer Modular Control was first announced over two years ago. And just when you thought that it had become vapourware, its finally on sale. I’m not complaining. Modular controllers are the ultimate idea and are almost on the ‘wet your pants’ level. I just hope the modules don’t become all loose and wiggly. [...]
With an increasing need to create integrated hardware/software solutions, VJs are beginning to connect input devices with wii remote controls. In this video the controller is assigned to audio filters on the computer and controls some cool visuals. Wii may not have the control interface perfected yet so these early performances may seem a bit [...]
One of the biggest problems with being a VJ is finding footage to use. If you need some new visuals, Pixdisc is a fantastic compilation of copyright free visual materials that can be used with various VJ softwares. All the motion graphics come in half-size (320×240) and are recorded in two formats (Cinepak and Photo-JPEG). [...]
Move over Windows, move over OSX. Pure Dyne is a high-performance, bootable Linux OS that has been modified for maximum Visual Performance and has been designed with Pure Data (Pd) as its central premise. Its a customization of the dyne:II core for realtime audio and video processing and is maintained by a growing community of [...]
If you are looking for a free and/or open source VJ tool, then Onyx is for you. This is an amazingly professional and flexible Flash-based VJ tool which allows you to mix video loops live. Its a great program and everything feels really intuitive. As a bonus, it now runs on both Windows and Mac. [...]
