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* [http://www.arkaos.net Arkaos 3.5] - Midi / DMX controlled VJ Software for PC and Mac. |
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* [http://www.troikatronix.com/isadora.html Isadora 1.1] - node based video Software for PC and Mac. |
* [http://www.troikatronix.com/isadora.html Isadora 1.1] - node based video Software for PC and Mac. |
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* [http://freej.dyne.org/ |
* [http://freej.dyne.org/ FreeJ 0.8.1] - an instrument for realtime video manipulation used in the fields of dance teather, veejaying, medical visualisation and TV. |
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=== VJ Content and Loops === |
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Revision as of 23:50, 25 December 2005
- For V-J Day, see Victory over Japan Day.
- Or you may have been looking for Vijay (Indian name).
VJ or veejay (from Video Jockey, by analogy with disc jockey or DJ or "deejay") is a term coined in the early 1980s to describe the fresh faced youth who introduced the music videos on MTV. The word VJ is also used to represent video performance artists who create live visuals on all kind of music.
Live visual artists
Although less known by mainstream America, the word VJ is also used to represent video performance artists who create live visuals on all kind of music. It originates from a parallel with DJs, although most VJs nowadays have more to do with musicians than with DJs. Often using an analog vision mixer, VJs blend and superimpose various inputs over clips. In recent years, musical instrument makers have begun to make specialty equipment for VJing. The evolution of computers has allowed for VJ-specific programs to be produced and has allowed for easier accessibility to the art form.
VJ events
In recent years VJing's popularity has allowed for more Visual Art specific events to be organised.
AVIT is one of the largest VJ events is AVIT, now held approximately once a year in the UK, Germany and North America. There have also been smaller events held in Latin America. AVIT has 4 main purposes:
- To increase public participation in VJing
- To facilitate the development and skills base of existing VJ's
- To raise the profile of live video performance as an art form
- To capitalise on the networked community of VJCentral.com
Optronica - Inaugurated in Summer 2005 at the National Film Theatre and London IMAX cinema, London, Optronica is a high profile international event focussing on the VJ arts.
Regional There are regular regional meetups of VJs as well. VAX Sessions in the Catalonian region of Spain, Video Salon in San Francisco and Lava Sessions in Los Angeles.
VJ resources
- VJCentral.com: is the internet's most popular VJ community and actively promotes the scene via its forums and community. With over 6700 members, it allows for an open content system similar to Wikipedia.
- VJTV - On-Line Series Featuring VJs & Visual Artists
- New York City VJ Forum - The New York City VJ Community
- The Visual Division : NZ and UK VJ Community label - VJ Forum and Artists
- PIXnMIX - Channel4's VJ education project.
- la-va.org - Los Angeles VJ network
- envol! VJ - Japanese VJ blog
- Artificial Eye - VJ videoblog
- LeCollagiste VJ - French VJ blog
- VJ Spain - Spanish VJ Community
- vjnews.de - German VJ News
- VJCentral.it - Italian VJ's Site
- Telenoika - AudioVisual Open Creative Community // Barcelona //
- Visual Hardcore - A trip into music and visual art, clubbing and vjing
- VJTorrents - Live VJ mixes available via Bittorrent
VJ hardware
- Livid Tactic and Viditar
- Chromascope Video Synthesiser
- Edirol V4
- Fairlight CVI
- Korg KPE1 Entrancer
- Pioneer DVJ-X1
- FreeFrame - Video effects plugin standard for VJ Software
- VJamm - Audio visual VJ Software for PC
- LiVES an open-source VJ program. It will also let you record your performance, edit it and encode it.
- Arkaos 3.5 - Midi / DMX controlled VJ Software for PC and Mac.
- Isadora 1.1 - node based video Software for PC and Mac.
- FreeJ 0.8.1 - an instrument for realtime video manipulation used in the fields of dance teather, veejaying, medical visualisation and TV.
VJ Content and Loops
- VJ LOOPS.TV - Commercial Resource for Royalty Free VJ Loops, over 1600 loops available!
- Dandelion
- Pixdisc
- Motion Loops
- Resident-Alien
- Lucidloops - Distinctive and original VJ loops! [Instant & Secure digital downloads]
- AV3 Media - Visual Clips DVDs, Mixes and more!
VJ labels
- www.vidauxs.net Vidauxs is a project, a space, a network, an independent netlabel
- www.eye-con.tv EYE|CON Austrian VJ Label
- visualberlin.org Berlin based VJ Network
- www.lightrhythmvisuals.com Lightrhythm Visuals
- www.notv.com NoTV Visual Music
- Eyetrap
- SOURCE - pure visuals DVD series including VJ clips
- The Visual Division : UK VJ Label - DVD Releases and Artists
- Lucidhouse- Leftfield, Independent Audio Visual Label with Digital Download Releases for iPod's & PSP's.
- AV3 Media Visual DVD series including VJ clips DVDs and Mixes.
MTV-type VJs
Originally hired to represent a wide array of musical tastes and personal ethnicities, eventually became famous in their own right. Essentially they were nothing more than on-air personalities, but as the popularity of MTV grew, they began to branch out past just introducing music clips. Soon they were considered by many to be full fledged music journalists, interviewing major music celebrities and hosting their own television shows on the network.
As time progressed and MTV's format changed, VJs began to host game shows, talent contests and the like. Soon they were given their own shows based on the type of genre that their "demographic" was interested in.
See also List of MTV VJs