implicit art

…reblogged from christo on Art & Techonology, Johannesburg (AT.joburg)…

Kicking off this Friday (3 June) is Rhythm_o1, the first of several events inspired by the visit of New York VJ, digital artist and theatre designer, Josh Goldberg.

VJ Josh Goldberg at the annual Burning Man Festival, Black Rock Desert, Nevada

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Josh Goldberg, a top New York City VJ is the first digital artist in residence at Wits Digital Arts this June. Organised by Wits Digital Arts together with AT.joburg, his visit is designed to expose Johannesburg artists and musicians to a new kind of video artist, the VJ, who mixes live visuals and effects together with music. Josh will be hosting various workshops as well as a cutting-edge live performance at Carfax on the 11 June and a presentation of a site-specific work at the Johannesburg Art Gallery on the 17th.

Carfax: conceptual by nature in downtown Johannesburg. Scene from the 2004 group exhibition, Cube.

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With the rapidly growing popularity and increasing visibility of VJs, an exciting variety of visual styles have emerged from around the world, ranging from conceptual work which overlaps with contemporary art to hardcore psychosis-inducing trance. Like a DJ mixes audio, VJs mix imagery with sound using multiple sources of media to project them on to large-scale screens at parties, at events and in clubs.

The group Underworld in performance with British vj/design collective, Tomato.

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VJ Jay from the Brooklyn, USA group, Trigger Motion.

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Rhythm_01 will be an opportunity to participate in a music, visuals and dance event at Carfax, in Newtown, Johannesburg. A bunch of the top local VJs (christo_d and matr-x with guests) will be blasting images in sync with the left-field house beats supplied by DJs Glenn, Pierre, and Greg. This combination has happened before, but the totally new ingredient to the mix will be the Max/MSP patches developed by the Interactive MA students from Wits Digital Arts, under the leadership of lecturer, Nathaniel Stern.

The 2005 Wits Interactive Media Design class – Nic (mentor); Mitch; Mac (with the cap); Tegan; Onica; Mayav, & Nicky – checking out the venue for Rhythm_01 . . . the sidebar at Carfax, Newtown.

The whole system will run on two lightning fast Apple PowerMac G5s, sponsored by Apple IMC Southern Africa….

Um, like. am not sure where carfax website is, but found one here and one here