By pixelflowers on 2021/01/01
We’ve established our main online presence on this blog, powered by autistici.org, because we’d rather use self-managed tools and stay away from commercial start-ups or corporations whenever possible. Using online services comes with a number of systemic issues. For the same reasons we’re currently not on Youtube, or any commercial video platform, and stream on live.autistici.org.
Since we started playing with visuals, we’ve been uploading all our recordings to the Internet Archive, a free, non-commercial, library-style platform. We’ve just uploaded there our 100th video recording!
Also, during 2020 we joined and started participating in Scanlines.xyz, a self-managed online community for DIY audio/video projects.
Continue reading “Non commercial video platforms hosting recordings of our live visuals”
Posted in General, Video
By pixelflowers on 2020/12/11
In the usual Interzone and Daddies On Acid weekly shows, our live visuals take the whole screen; on November 27, together with djs Bergen and Hansi, we did something a bit different. While recording their set, Bergen and Hansi also recorded themselves on video in front of a green background. Then they shared the video with us, and we used the traditional chroma key technique to replace the background with our visuals, while keeping the DJs visible. This is a well known technique, but it was a first for us, so it was a chance for us to learn more about video workflows and about the tools we use.
Continue reading “Playing with chroma keying and green screens”
Posted in Equipment, Video
By pixelflowers on 2020/11/15
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Some of the fun we have making live visuals comes from experimenting with always new ways of moving pixels and colors around our machines, eyes and screens. We often change how our equipment is connected and try different signal paths. Here’s an update compared to last week, in which we try to overcome some limitations. We’ll likely try this new setup next Wednesday. Continue reading “Our VJing equipment and setup – 15 November 2020”
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By pixelflowers on 2020/09/15
This list is a work in progress and it may be incomplete.
Archive Videos
Continue reading “A list of sources for our clips”
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By pixelflowers on 2020/07/05
eon.20 is a project to gather a community of artists, “a hybrid space” where “a wide range of disciplines meet and dialogue in a safe space, without limits or censorship, giving voice and visibility to a wide diversity of artists and creators from the internet to the world”. We were invited by eon.20 to VJ on Anna Bolena‘s and Daddies on Acid‘s sets during the series of streams they organized to celebrate the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, on the 28 June. If you missed them, you can still celebrate the Stonewall riots with us – here are the recordings.
Continue reading “eon.20 Stonewall Edition and more streaming in June”
Posted in General, Streaming, Video
By pixelflowers on 2020/06/13
This week, with Black Lives Matter protests shaking the U.S. and the rest of the world, we streamed our visuals for Daddies on Acid, adding some clips from BLM protests in the States and elsewhere, as well as from the protests that erupted in Chile some months ago, and from the great Fuck the Fascism project. We would normally not use riot scenes for our VJing at parties, to avoid inducing disturbing altered states of consciousness in dancers, but given this new normal home setting, our visuals are turning more and more into a video-zine, and we are having a great time preparing our sets.
Enjoy the videos, with DJ sets by Homecompiuter and MICHEL IPOGONDRY 🙂
And if you like these, stay tuned and don’t miss the future events!
Continue reading “Daddies on Acid streaming – Black Lives Matter”
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By pixelflowers on 2020/05/29
It is known that sometimes misery and distress bring a lot of creativity and inspiration, and this hasn’t been different for us: in the past few weeks we have been collaborating with several projects, doing visuals for our beloved Interzone, Daddies on Acid, and Dis/Tanz.
The Dis/Tanz video, with Ludi Oktokreuz & Schatten Voraus behind the console, will be streamed on Friday 29 May on several platforms by the Gothic Pogo Festival – check the Facebook event to find the links.
And here’s a taste of our recent VJing for Daddies on Acid and Interzone, with DJ sets by Hugo Sanchez (FRONT DE CADEAUX), MICHEL IPOGONDRY and Pixi.
Continue reading “Streaming from lockdown”
Posted in Streaming, Video
By pixelflowers on 2020/01/06
It was a pleasure and an honor to contribute to the great GEGEN SELF – 9 Years celebration on the 3 January 2020 at KitKat Club in Berlin.
For GEGEN SELF, Pixelflowers created a video for the main floor and an installation at the pool, as well as a live VJ set with our mixed set up in the main floor.
The video can be downloaded in different formats here.
The installation was written in Processing, and the code can be found here.
Posted in Processing, Video
By pixelflowers on 2020/01/05
2 VJ samples of our VJ set at Berlin Invasion 10 Years Anniversary, Velvet Monkeys, Berlin, 23-24 November 2019
Download here
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By pixelflowers on 2019/09/01
VJing during the Jam! / Analog Jam Sessions at Loophole, Berlin, 31 July 2019
Resolume Avenue + Vidiot + AVE5 mixer + BPMC Premium Cable
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