We started a bit too early. It did not get really dark until about 21h30. People who arrived on time were advised to get dinner. We were really grateful when they came back and put on our little show.

We did one round of Turret & Snout. Tinet’s drawings were all good. For me animation was still a bit dodgy but overall satisfactory. After we finished the story we took a break and let the audience try out the TagTool. This is equally satisfying to do as is performing. Sort of a demystifying process.

The crowd thinned out a bit but those that stayed demanded more so we did an improve set. This was fun because it was less constrained and allowed us to explore some more ideas on how to use the TagTool.

In attendance was Andreas Dzialocha who is a jazz musician (bass guitar) and TagTool enthusiast who attended the Chink Chank, a meeting that takes place at OMA international, home of the TagTool. They get together to discuss the future of live drawing. He partakes in an event here in Berlin that I did not know about where people get together and improv with music and live drawing. He really enjoyed our work and was interested in getting together.

The photos were generously taken by Hermano Silva using my camera. He and his partner were also very curious about the TagTool.

While there were not a lot of people the energy was good and Dida, who runs F.I.T. was very enthusiastic about hosting a series of nights next summer.

A wee wild piggy stumbles upon a strange object in the forest. Find out what happens next!

Technically, this is Tinet and my 2nd collaboration. I had her work with me on the Snabbeas video for GOTO80. She did the drawings of the flying pig, puppachute and sun that appear at the end. This project is a lot more involved. We will be using the open source live drawing environment TagTool. Live drawings, created and animated on the spot, will be presented using 2 projectors within and without the Freie Internationale Tankstelle located at Schwedter Str. 262, Berlin.

Projectors will be turned on at 20h00.
Beer will be served on the premises.

For information about F.I.T.
http://www.f-i-t.org/

Urban Art Forms was positively one of the most thrilling VJ experiences to date. 2nd only to mixing with Venetian Snares at Electron Festival. Thanks to Okinawa 69 for the image.

I have been writing some copy on my experiences at LUNCHMEAT. It roughly outlines the monumental effort that the LUNCHMEAT crew had undertaken for a first time run of a festival.

Much highlighted here is the centerpiece of the festival that would be Nosaj Thing vs. Aalto. It was everything it was meant to be. As for the Torrent de Bites set, we went on quite late but it was still a great experience in the tradition of ‘the show must go on.’

Interferenz part 4 @ Usine, Genève, 16.01.2010 from André Joye on Vimeo.

Thanks to Olga Mink, Plaza+ and Plaza Futura crew, Raquel Meyers for photos and Anders for EMERGENCY BASS support.

One week. And thoughts spill out through questions.

INFIDELITY CONSTANT v17 by decrepticon

Set list:
Listing:
The Brain (Steve Allen) [excerpt]
One Instance In Another (Anderegg)
Hot On The Heels of Love (Throbbing Gristle)
Shutout (The Walker Brothers)
Ashtray Heart (Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band)
I Feel Mysterious Today (Wire)
The Love Montage (Soundtrack for film ‘Images’) [excerpt] + something else with bongos
Missing (The Melvins)
Hiroshima Mon Amour (Ultravox)
Lumpy Gravy (The Mothers of Invention) [exerpt]
When Shade Was Shade Was Born (Harmonia)
The Light Pours Out Of Me (The Magazines)
Patron Saint of Troubled Men (Alexander Tucker)
Hotlegs [Found on lovefingers.org]
Bricked Thickly [Thick As A Brick extract dub]

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