Carl Craig – D25 Showcase at Decibel Festival 2010

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Interpreting music through video.

I create and perform visuals for shows. I use a combination of the programs Isadora from Troikatronix as well as Max (Max/MSP/Jitter) for the live shows, as well as Apple’s Quartz Composer for some of the live feeds. I often use just one laptop since they are getting to be capable of so much variety in such an easy to carry package. For some shows, I use two laptops, a video mixer, and maybe some electronic toys. I almost always carry a midi dial controller with me. This is how I accomplish much of the feel of my graphics. For composing clips to use in the shows I use any program that can import or export video or image data. This has included Final Cut Pro, Blender, Flash, Quartz Composer, broken analog video devices . . .

When I get really into the music, I am completely unaware of anything but the music and group performing. Every once in a while, I’ll come out of the haze of music for a bit and look around. If I see zoned out people staring at the screen, or, my favorite, the musicians looking back at the screen, then I’m doing my job.

Foscil – Coming To You Live (Flowering Trees)

Some artists/groups/events I have done visuals for:

Beehive
Carl Craig
Decibel Festival
Electrosect
Fax
Fourth City
Foscil
Kim Hiorthoy
Loscil
The Machine
Mary Anne Hobbs
Miss Solar System
Nosaj Thing
Nudge
Strategy
Welder
And many more . . .

Some venues I have done visuals at/for:
The Alibi Room
Chop Suey
The Lower Level
M:Pulse
Neumos
See Sound Lounge
Temple Billiards’ Deep Down Lounge
Tost Lounge
Stages off the beaten path hidden in the forest,
And many more . . .

If you would like me to do visuals for your group or event, or want looping graphics or a programmed interactive piece for the foyer of your business or would like video or visuals work for a project, get in touch:

Track 3 Eno-ish (Apr 23, 2005)