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crash test dummy. genius costume.
saturday was super-rammed. and then this guy came round, as if in a bubble. totally immersed, clicking things in space in front of him. no way of finding out more or hitting up the autowebpagediarylogthing the rig may or may not produce.
the second day of the motor show was picketed by anti-car protesters. i barely got in to the show, check further back in the photo and you’ll see the red banners of them marching in to close down the entrance. photo was just holding the camera up and pointing back. crazy times. should i mention i ride a push-bike around london?
suffice to say i haven’t seen this happen at any other motor show.
diary | 05 dec 2007 | tagged: *spark · vj · ford vj · imagination
speaking of inés, here she is, my vj partner for this italian show. check www.pintaycolorea.com, much goodness there.
tsk, the editor has made it jasmin only. c’est la vie.
diary | 18 nov 2007 | tagged: *spark · vj · ford vj · imagination
obligatory quick 1am shot, wrapping up the build. looking “freakin’ awesome”, with beautiful new content, new ways to mix it, and rejigged text display. smooth, controllable, motion graphic’d smartness.
hello jasmin and her superproduced content commissioned for the american shows. the (and i use the word loosely) car driving in is something to behold: a “green” monster truck, complete with rocket-launcher-esque hydrogen tanks racked up on the back.
diary | 14 nov 2007 | tagged: *spark · quartz composer · vj · vdmx · ford vj
the wall here is made of recycled cardboard tubes. looks good, makes the environmental message… and makes me laugh knowing the technology they’ve squeezed in for the section with the screen.
onto bristol for more teaching via three hours in my own bed. the progressive clubnight cuisine had organised an edition of their vjschool as part of the compass film festival, and i was invited to talk about live cinema and do a performance of rbn_esc___av at the festival afterparty. however before the vjschool session, was an interview on local radio promoting the festival and discussing just what the hell vjing is and the future of film could be.
diary | 03 nov 2007 | tagged: *spark · vj
guess what we were up to. if only leopard and reactivision would play nicely together: the qc osc receiver doesn’t seem to be receiving what it should, and its beyond me to port the tiger hacked-up plug-in to an official api leopard one. that is something that will hopefully change after christmas, when i finally embrace cocoa and the live cinema interface.
diary | 01 nov 2007 | tagged: *spark · quartz composer · vj · teaching · name · novak
straight from a marina in italy to a biscuit factory in newcastle, home of the most proper name. they had organised three days “mentoring” aka professional development funded by the region, and i was the mentor. first up was quartz composer 101. so glad we waited for leopard to debut, what a change: its actually sane now!
diary | 31 oct 2007 | tagged: *spark · quartz composer · vj · teaching · name · novak
leading up to the first avit event back in 2002, i thought to myself: “if i’m going to be centre stage of this thing i’ve spent the past month organising, business cards would be the thing to have”, but, well, that soon got overtook with the idea of making a *spark t-shirt, far cooler i thought. and in the photos - and so history - from festivals and gigs since, that decision has done me well.
but times change. so herald the new, courtesy of the excellent moo.com service.
diary | 01 oct 2007 | tagged: *spark · vj
UPDATE: The video side has been cancelled.
the thomas dolby tour starts on the 3rd october at the ica with a special gig called ‘sputnik and beyond’, featuring me taking over the visualist reins from johnny dekam now the tour is on this side of the atlantic.
the ica gig will be used to pilot a new piece in the live-cinema direction - the sputnik of the title - and if it is well received we hope to develop a full live cinema piece to tour in the future.
http://www.ica.org.uk/Thomas Dolby: Sputnik & Beyond+14800.twl
the tour continues in the ‘sole inhabitant’ mode for the next week, let me know if there’s a chance you can make it:
10.04.07 BRIGHTON–CONCORDE
10.05.07 BRISTOL–ACADEMY
10.06.07 HOLMFIRTH, YORKSHIRE–PICTUREDROME
10.07.07 MANCHESTER–ACADEMY
10.08.07 BIRMINGHAM–ACADEMY
10.09.07 CAMBRIDGE–BARFLY@THE GRADUATE
10.10.07 ISLINGTON–ACADEMY
diary | 26 sep 2007 | tagged: *spark · vj
that was the view from the 28th floor of the mariott, halle 3.1 and its ford group stands centre stage.
diary | 24 sep 2007 | tagged: errata of life · *spark · vj · ford vj
…so stützstrümpfe are “support stockings”. tee hee. do love this photo.
last day, soon to be at home, in bed: so many people’s “favourite place to think”.
stayed late to get a clean recording of a few sets. got ghetto with the tripod, to get it in just the right place kinda involved jasmin holding onto a tripod above a leaking bin… eeek.
first time i’ve seen a segway in the flesh, the german police having taken them on… and quite ironic in the context of a car show.
well, go the cliché: we certainly are in germany, having had not one but three beard grooming world champions pass through the stand. just check those creations on the left.
