The organisers were more after a “stage design” rather than a simple screen setup, so it was the perfect occasion to get further in the “live painting” experiments that I did in June.

If you know my work, you’ve probably noticed that I’m obsessed by minimalism, straight lines and geometry, but in the past few months I felt a bit stuck in cubes and grids, (especially after a big project in Shanghai last October, where I stayed in a room with 2500 cubes for 3 weeks) and I wanted to explore new patterns and shapes, so I started drawing more, and playing around with 3D softwares.

I’m fascinated by the work of Martin Böttger (tsaworks), and the way he deconstructs simple 3D objects into organic and very dynamic shapes, and he also works with different mediums (animation, but also paper cuts, sculptures and installations). I’m sure many of you already know his Tractor video (recently featured in the  onedotzero tours), but I also discovered recently his kluster_raum installation and his other works, and I just realized that I’ve been deeply influenced by him on this project.

Here’s a very short video of the preparations (I did many tests and sketches in order to find an interesting shape) and of the actual event: I painted during the afternoon and finished the painting during the night, and then I did an hour of live visuals during Shackleton set.

Thanks a lot to Shackleton, Nicolas Boritch for his help, and Woody for filming.

I’ve been away from this blog for a while, busy with new projects, editing videos, preparing the new year, and I didn’t have a chance to stop until now..

Great news, I’m proud to announce that we’re about to launch AntiVJ, a new visual label, which is a platform to produce projects based on the visual element. This project is a collaboration with some artists I really like. We became friends and realized we are sharing the same ideas and vision of our work, so we decided the collaborate more put a name on it.

AntiVJ is a visual label initiated by European-based artists whose work is focused on the use of projected light and its influence on our perception.

Clearly stepping away from standard setups & techniques, AntiVJ presents live performances and installations where projection on volume, visual mapping, tracking and augmented reality, stereoscopy and holographic illusion are providing to the audience a senses challenging experience.

Visual artists on the label:

Yannick Jacquet (Legoman).
Joanie Lemercier (crustea).
Olivier Ratsi (Emovie).
Romain Tardy (Aalto).

Here’s a short video : AntiVJ Teaser 08 featuring recent projects:

++++ Le Mans (France), August 2007
3Destruct Louvain la neuve (Belgium), June 07
Inode Nancy (France), December 07
Light up Bristol Bristol (UK), December 07

Here are a couple more on Sigma6′s website.

Thanks again to Sigma6 who came down from Geneva to do the visuals, and Zac our mini model for the juicy Flyer.

See you this month, with the infamous RCTC from Nantes !

Le challenge étant de jouer un jeudi soir, on met le paquet sur la promo (flyers, projections sauvages en ville…). Résumé de tout ça en 3minutes 30:

réalisation: Casper et Jérôme Monnot

Tout s’est superbement bien passé pour cette première soirée, des artistes survoltés, beaucoup de monde, et un “Buzz” local qui nous surmotive encore plus pour aller de l’avant. De mon côté j’ai envie de travailler plus sur des installs interactives (comme le dessin sur l’écran de plexi de la video).
Report de la Cuisine 2 (avec Lego_man en Tête d’affiche) à suivre très bientôt.

Je suis installé à Bristol (UK) depuis un peu plus d’un an et demi, et il y a ici énormément de soirées et d’évênement (concerts, expos, installations, festivals..) et je vais essayer de vous donner un aperçu de tout ça, plus des expérimentations visuelles sonores..

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