These are some great pictures taken during my most recent VJ gigs. [25/03/23-06/05/23]
I was asked by the Retro Empire crew to design and animate custom intro sequences for every artist, to be played right before they start mixing.
The main theme was 'Poseidon and the Monsters of the Seas, according to Greek Mythology'.
Niels Baten from Moment Creation provided a custom light show to go hand in hand with the animations I created below.
The sound effects and voice-overs in the video's above were delivered by Breakout Audio.
Recently I VJed at the following 3 events
- Proxic 6 Year Anniversary, Area V Hasselt 27th of January
- Blurrd Unrecognizable Experience, Area V Hasselt 28th of January
- Toxic Noir B-Day Bash, Ampere Antwerp 3rd of February
Every single one of those gigs were enriching experiences for their own specific reasons.
Proxic marked my first performance on a vertical screen, Blurrd took place on my own 26th Birthday, and Toxic made me reappreciate the Ampere club as a safe space to blend with strangers, as it was before pandemic times.
This weekend I have two consecutive VJ gigs planned. The first one will be another Proxic anniversary edition, the second one will be a new techno concept using a vertical screen named Blurrd. Very cool. Both will be taking place at Area V, Hasselt.
Next week I'll be VJing at another Jump-Up DnB concept named Toxic at the Ampere venue, located underneath the rail ways of Antwerp Central Station.
Finally, the week after that, I'll be working at Retro Empire for one of their biggest editions to date, at Waregem Expo. It will be extraordinary, simply epic.
Feel free to check out the after movie for their previous edition below (I also was also VJ for that one).
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I got to start 2023 by doing what I love to do most, VJing. Managed to make both the NYE countdown and the intro to the EXERT audiovisual set work seamlessly. There also was a very hard set of the one and only Gladde Paling on the menu. Knowing almost all of his songs by heart, it was obviously a huge pleasure for me to VJ along.
I received plenty of compliments from various people about my work that night. This makes me indescribably happy!
Must say I'm extremely impressed by this one piece called 'Flux' that the Collectif Scale made for their Magnetic Flow Exhibition displayed at La Vallée BXL.
How they managed to make this installation interactive and playable by a random audience, without losing a sense of smoothness and seamless audiovisual flow, is truly fascinating to me.
This is a recording of me 'playing' their device. I'm left mind-boggled by the mechanisms behind it!
At the BLANCO Open Space in Gent, 14 visual artist gathered to showcase their collection of close collaborations between Tuesday 27th and Thursday 29th of December, with the support of 3 musical acts.
My personal contribution consisted in displaying a slight variation of my generative album covers on a couple of CRT TV screens (made available by Felix Ysbear), and to provide some random content to be displayed on the main cube by pre-recording a VJ jam session on it.
Here are some snapshots below, to set the mood.
It was a gig of many firsts.
- First time working with this lovely crew. (I'm sure we'll meet again in the future)
- First gig in the German-speaking part of the country for me.
- First time VJing on stage, right next to the DJs.
It feels extremely nice to be able to share one common energy with the artists you look up to on stage, facing the same hyped-up crowd, together.
Last weekend I went to Berlin for leisure, and brought a pack of stickers with me to put them all around the city.
I must say, I do think they look cool in this somewhat industrial looking metropole!
