Top 20 VJs of 2008 - Eyesupply (Netherlands)

+ Artist alias(es) and real name, age: Eyesupply vj collective was founded in May 2003 and consists of 5 designers, each with different backgrounds. Ranging from industrial, web and motion design to animation and art. The collective consists of:
Carlo Ruijgers, 1981
Kevin Walenciak, 1978
Marijn Jessat, 1974
Martijn Janssen, 1973
Pieter van Rijen, 1974
+ Preferred URL links:
http://www.eyesupply.tv/
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=161903860
http://eyesupply.hyves.nl/
+ Primary country and area of influence: The Netherlands, the electronic music scene.
+ Primary label, affiliation, collective, and/or residency:
We’ve done many events for many promoters, dj’s etc. see: http://www.eyesupply.tv/2008/where.php.
Residencies at Awakenings, Cocoon goes Amsterdam, Extrema.
Also we supplied material for the Armin van Buuren world tour.

Eyesupply - 2008REEL from Eyesupply on Vimeo.
+ Promo - upcoming gigs, releases, etc:
We’ve got some big gigs lined up the next few weeks.
We kick-off the up coming weekend with Awakenings on Friday which is a techno party in an old gas storage facility with an amazing visual setup with 4 different types of LED. The next day it’s our 35th! edition of Awakenings with the same setup but a different line-up. For more info check - www.awakenings.nl
Also on Saturday we have Fabulous in the Brabanthallen. Which is a glamorous house party for around 15.000 people spread over 6 different area’s. We created special show introductions and animations for dj’s and acts like Jazzy Jeff, Eric Prydz, Junkie XL, Tocadisco, Remy and Rene Amesz. For more info check - www.fabulousworld.eu
On the 29th of November we will be vj-ing at the first big Time Warp party in The Netherlands. One of the biggest German techno parties organizations will be hosting an edition at the Maassilo in Rotterdam. This party will last from 20.00 at night till 12.00 the next morning so bring on the energy drinks Check the line-up here: http://www.time-warp.de/e2/e4551/index_eng.html
Then in the beginning of December we will vj at a brand new festival called Essence. Which will bring 15.000 house, techno and trance lovers together to party till dawn. Not only are we suppling the visuals and custom made intro’s for the festival and some of it’s acts but we are also part of the design team for the stages and visual setup together with Blixxem (www.blixxem.nl) and we created the tv commercial which you can check here - http://www.eyesupply.tv/2008/projects/essence/
And for future info on what we are doing and where we will be vj-ing check our agenda at http://www.eyesupply.tv/2008/where.php

+ Type of work you do: VJing and motion design, as well as designing show elements and stages.
+ Your team and what people generally do (even if you’re solo, you usually work with certain people frequently - how does that work?): We’ve been a collective since we started in 2003, Some of us are more into tech stuff, some of us are more into making motion graphics, some of us are more into scripting, so it will result in a wide range of interests that will crossover to eachother. Sometimes we collaborate with other people we’ve met in the dance scene. We’ve done projects with lightjockeys, decoration designers, stagedesigners, and graphic designers.
+ Best gig: A clubnight in the Loft upstairs in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. We were part of a cultural program that highlighted the dutch dance scene. It was the first ever VJ gig in that club and the crowd gave a tremendous response.
+ Most random thing that ever happened at a gig: People trying to buy drinks at the VJ booth.
+ Non-VJ stuff you do:
Among us are a:
Teacher
Web/Software developper
Industrial design engineer
Manager at a wholesale department
DJ/raregroove collector
and two motion designers
+ Who you’d love to work with in the near future:
We’ve recently met Huoratron from Finland. A very nice guy, that we’d love to do more stuff with.
In general we would like to do more for big events such as MTV’s european music awards for instance.