1 - performing the audiovisual rbn_esc to an attentive room, the idea of live cinema becoming visceral, having an out-of body experience while performing, feeling the work, feeling the audience, feeling the energy
2 - meeting an inspiring person, and then them producing their avituk2005 pass from their wallet. its getting on for two years after that epic, not to mention the years of organisation and build-up from avit the worldwide vj network’s inception in 2002… knocked me for six.
2 hours sleep, eurostar, a croissant and coffee, a talk, a performance, a night into the small hours… its my 36 hours flip into vision’r, avit in paris.
somebody put it to me, that as vjs we are all sailing in our own directions, but need to harbour every now and then, and avits are these ports. i liked that.
thanks to todd thille for the photo
probably performed one of my best sets ever at avit paris, representing narrative lab. sometimes things are just right, and you find yourself in a beautiful bubble. not only did the ‘story collector’ set really capture the audience - props to paul for the vision and david last for the audio mix i used - but it seems a lot of vjs watching it stayed for the presentation and have been inspired by the ideas we’re developing.
i’m heading over to paris on thursday for vision’r, a vj festival holding the avit-the-international-vj-network banner. so nice to be able to take the train.
will be performing the narrative lab storyteller set, and talking a bit about what we’re up to, including the key question - do you sit or stand to live cinema?
