Next week you can experience Borderline, an interactive video installation I have done programming and technical coaching for. It’s an interactive story about a girl with Borderline Personality Disorder.
Technically it’s rather complex, a triangular room with 3 back-projected walls you can walk around in, while being tracked by a video camera hanging over the room. My job was processing the input from the video tracking (from eyecon) and various sensors embedded in objects in the room, and changing the scenes from this data, and sending MIDI to another computer running a custom Max/MSP patch to play multichannel surround audio. The installation is open for public from July 4th until July 8th at the Netherlands Film & Television Academy in Amsterdam.

As you probably know, I love jazz.
So I’m very pleased to close off the season at the legendary jazz cafe Dizzy in Rotterdam, doing visuals for KeyJay.
Proud to say it’s the first time a VJ performs there 🙂

Thursday 18th I will do an audiovisual performance at the launch event for
ONEDOTZERO FILM CHALLENGE 2006 at bios in Athens, Greece.
other performances by
-DEXORCIST (DJ set)
-DMX KREW (DJ set)
-ΑΝΤΕΝΝΑ 2
-JACEN SOLO (DJ set)
-VJ ENIAC (VJ set)
-DJ bl13p (DJ set)

check out details of the event here (in Greek)

I wish I could stay in Athens and explore a bit but the next day I have to take the morning plane back for a VJ set in Bloemendaal … and another set at Paradiso sunday … and a 3d stereo animation due this week… and teaching .. and . and .. aargh

I’m working so hard on Flowmotion 3.0 I almost forgot to put this out 🙂

Flowmotion 2.8 Final is released
Latest version of this VJ Software is now available for PC and Mac
you can find the demo versions here

New in this release:

The biggest news is probably for Mac users. Finally FreeFrame effects are supported in the OS X version. Big ups for Intrinsic, Knalle and Valentin Schmidt for their great work in porting it.
Thanks to Pete Warden’s excellent work on the CoreImage FreeFrame wrappers all CoreImage filters are available for all OS X Tiger users.
There is more FreeFrame news for both platforms. FreeFrame source effects are supported now, with up to 12 parameters to animate. FreeFrame mixers are supported now too, with up to 5 parameters to control.
All new faders and knobs can be linked to other parameters or controlled by MIDI, just like the rest of Flowmotion.

User Interface improvements:

MIDI user feedback: every knob/fader you operate makes flowmotion show which parameter it’s controlling.
All browsers (for clips, effects, ink modes etc) use a new, consistent interface that does not interfere with playback.
Right-clicking any browser dismisses it.

General improvements:

Images with alpha layer are supported
(support for video with alpha layers is planned in 3.0)
Flowmotion now accepts shortcuts to clips for easy clip management.
Layer masks can now be inverted.
A large number of fixed bugs and speed optimizations.

This will be a free update for registered users of Flowmotion 2.x

I will do a Flowmotion workshop at the Sugar Factory in Amsterdam on Thursday, November the 17th.
It is part of the BeamLab event hosted by Beam Systems and Friends of Sense
The event is from 20.00 till 23.00 and will blend into the Vreemd club night later in the evening.

Flowmotion 2.8 will be presented and all new features explained. Bring your own footage because there is also a lot of other soft- and hardware to play with.

I have just uploaded new demo versions of the about to be released Flowmotion 2.8 for Mac & PC.

New in this release:

The biggest news is probably for Mac users. Finally FreeFrame effects are supported in the OS X version. Big ups for Intrinsic, Knalle and Valentin Schmidt for their great work in porting it.

Thanks to Pete Warden’s excellent work on the CoreImage FreeFrame wrappers all CoreImage filters are available for all OS X Tiger users.

There is more FreeFrame news for both platforms. FreeFrame source effects are supported now, with up to 12 parameters to animate. FreeFrame mixers are supported now too, with up to 5 parameters to control.
All new faders and knobs can be linked to other parameters or controlled by MIDI, just like the rest of Flowmotion.

User Interface improvements:

MIDI user feedback: every knob/fader you operate makes flowmotion show which parameter it’s controlling.

All browsers (for clips, effects, ink modes etc) use a new, consistent interface that does not interfere with playback.

Right-clicking any browser dismisses it.

General improvements:

Images with alpha layer are supported
(support for video with alpha layers is planned in 3.0)

Flowmotion now accepts shortcuts to clips for easy clip management.

Layer masks can now be inverted.

A large number of fixed bugs and speed optimizations.

This will be a free update for registered users of Flowmotion 2.x

There are a few things to do before a proper release (like updating docs) so consider this a beta. Please tell me how this version works for you.

Mac OS X
Windows XP

Saturday June 18th, at 14.00 I will do a Flowmotion workshop at ‘Computer & Muziek 2005’ in the Rotterdam main store of Feedback in Rotterdam.

Friday June 17th I will assist Peter Greenaway when he does his first ever VJ Set in Club 11 in Amsterdam. Peter Greenaway will use a special system developed by Beam Systems for multiscreen clip triggering, and I will supply some of the visuals, effected in Flowmotion. Seeing Prosporo’s Books in the cinema triggered my interest in visuals 14 years ago and needless to say I am very honoured to be working alongside one of my inspirators.

Thursday night (05-05-05) KeyJay is closing the first night of the Breda Jazz Festival. For those who don’t know yet, KeyJay is a new audiovisual jazz/funk act I’m involved in. Starring Hammond virtuoso Carlo de Wijs (Candy Dulfer, Steve Lukather, Gary Brooker, Ronnie Scott‚Äôs Jazzclub) , top percussionist (and DJ) Marnix Stassen (Trijntje Oosterhuis, Tiesto) , top vocalist Monique Bakker (Candy Dulfer, Dave Stewart, Maceo Parker, New Cool Collective) and the young keyboard and sample virtuoso Jack ‘Jack’ van de Ven…

I’m the visual band member, playing with them on stage rather than somewhere from the back, practicing every week at Carlo’s studio, I’m very excited about this project. This thursday our first real gig (for adults) so come check us out.

Thursday I will do a workshop together with KeyJay members Carlo de Wijs , Marnix Stassen & Jack van de Ven at Kunstkijkdagen, in Vredenburg in Utrecht. You can try to sneak in if you pretend to be under 12 years of age.