NW Folklife 2012: Chiptune & VJ Showcase EMP

The “live drawing” VJ performance was a blast!

Kudos to “Live Animals” and “Kids Get Hit by Buses” for providing the awesome 8-bit tunes.

Here is a video shot by DigitalReporter featuring “Kids Get Hit by Buses“. (that’s me in the space helmet).

All the graphics are generated live using TagTool on an HP TouchSmart PC, a V-4 video mixer (for the mirror effect), and two Korg Entrancers (for the pixel effect and sampling). 

A short “behind the scenes” video of me talking to people between acts. I was trying to put something “pretty” up on the screen while the next band set up. I am especially fond of the part near the end where a little kid asks me to draw a cat! Thank goodness I know what a cat looks like. While not my best drawing, I was happy to oblige!

Thanks to Pete Brand for braving the crowds and taking the time to capture this!

scobot Folklife2k12 EMP betweenSets 001 from scobot on Vimeo.

 

Here are some pictures, courtesy of CrunchyCo 

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