vj labor: VJ Fest Istanbul 2009

2009/06/30

VJ Fest Istanbul 2009

Június 4-7 -ig rendezték a második VJ Fest-et Istambulban.

" VJ FEST ISTANBUL is an international video-music festival. It’s goal is to create an audio-visual playground where people can converse and have good time. A Video Jockey is someone who edits videos live, makes video collages in accord with the DJ’s music. VJ Fest Istanbul wants to introduce this video art to Istanbulers and discuss the different aspects of it. We think that VJ events can make Istanbul’s entertainment life more colourful.
The second VJ Fest Istanbul will be held between 4-7th June 2009 at Ghetto and on 8th June at French Culture Institute. There are free workshops, audio visual performances and VJ-DJ parties for five days. Festival is a demonstration of the art of VJing as a social act. It is also an opportunity for the interested people to learn about this communicative art. VJs from Turkey meet VJs from other countries. They share their knowledge about the subject, and help each other to improve their techniques. The workshops at Ghetto will be everyday between 17-20 p.m. free and open to everyone. Bring your laptops and join us!
VJ Fest Istanbul 2008 happened to be the first VJ festival in Turkey. 19 VJs and 11 DJs came together in the parties and workshops at Studio Live Technik and one performance at French Institute Theater between 12-15th June 2008. The VJs were from 9 different countries in Europe. 15 VJs participated in workshops on interactive VJing techniques and VJ softwares. They gave information about their works and shared their knowledge about the situation of the art in Europe. One professor of Fine Arts from Bilkent University, Andreas Treske gave a talk about interactive video.
What is the future of VJing? What is the future of live cinema? How can we interact with the audience? What is the social role of VJ? Does video jockeying need to be digital? How do we use VJ software programmes? Are we doing art when we mix commercialized music videos? These are some of the possible questions that will be raised in the workshops. The workshops are free and open to everyone who is interested. Bring your labtops and join us! All artists, art students, VJs, DJs, visual designers and musicians, architects, programmers, software designers, technicians, light designers, sociologists, electronic music lovers and whoever has an interest in new entertainment scenes are all very wellcome to VJ Fest Istanbul! Two of the top five VJs according to the DJ Mag magazine (2008) 4YOUREYE and DECOLLAGE.TV (Austria) and one of the top twenty VJs LOTTEZ (Holland) will be joining the festival this year. "
(http://vjfestist.org/)