wierdest event you've done visuals at

[PilotX]

our strangest event we've done stuff for is:

a pagan ceremony, on the summer soltice last saturday.
quite bizzare. on the invite it says: Frolics, Fireworks, Sacrifices.
very strange, especially when the pagans in question called for the blessing of the water spirits and it started to rain :)

what's your wierdest event to date?

[robotfunk]

http://www.vjforums.com/showthread.php?threadid=3191

Also the first one I ever did in '93 could qualify. In Berlin, (Traenerpalast, the building next to checkpoint charlie where you had to exhange your money when traveling east<>west)
just starting to experience a microdot for the first time and the promoter asks me if i brought those tapes and introduces me to a 2 deck, 1 cam setup and asks me if I could vj for him.
There were some sound systems from holland and a lot of spiral tribe bunch hung out there. Lot of fun discovering feedback for the first time, ppl started yelling when i did it as well, mad reactions. Maddest point was where I realized I had been listening to more or less the same beat for a few hours now, and saw that the public had taken turns in adjusting either a 909, 808 or one of several 303's. After a few minutes they would all shift one machine to the right, allowing one new person to enter and having one going back to dancing again. The most democratic gig I ever witnessed.

Come to think of it, that was pretty normal compared to last saturday.

[vjrei]

Mine was just a gay party where I had to project Ken over Ken pictures and then another Ken came in and there war a 3 Ken on each other. The promoter of the party gave me the pictures he took, about 40, then Smurf, etc...

But I like the 303 stuff better.

[sleepytom]

did a buddhist gig recently which was very strange - no smoking and no drinking and a lot of spiritual dancing, chanting and sitting on the floor. kind of stuff that you see at festivals all the time - but it felt very strange and quite wrong in a club in the middle of a city. -

the worst thing was knowing that all the hippys were stone cold sober - and there disturbing wierd behaviour that you would normaly put down to too much acid was in actuall fact fully intentional!!

[wellREDman]

my weirdest definitely has to be doing the wrap party in the first Big Brother house for season one,
we were set up in the camera runs , so our rig was behind one of the big one way mirrors, so we could see the punters but they couldnt see us which was strange to say the least ,
we had cameras set up in the diary room which we were mixing off, so everyone knew the cameras where there, but that didnt seem to inhibit anyone from going in there to indulge in various narcotic and sexual hi-jinks , even though we were plastering it all over the screens in the main room !!

[littlecatalyst]

in '93 i did a residency at this thing which was a multi-club within a club (if it was in the suburbs instead of the heart of the city it might have seemed really gross, but it kinda worked) there was a main house-inspired room, an s&m dungeon in these catacomb like hidden passageways [super old theatre], a suave acid-jazz room(djs jazz musicians and mc's), a slamming underground funk place (just dj), a glam punk band playing in the basement, and a vip space for dragqueens and other assorted peoples (i had projectors and monitor scuptures around the entire place, sopmething like 60,000 sqft and could get the sound from any room i chose to mix ((sadly the images would be the same in every space)))

the opening night was the wierdest though. they flew in Boy George, who did all of his old cluture club hits and then he dj'd... had 2 cams on him 1 for the crowd, 1 betacamSP (for realtime scratching) 6 VHS (!) with 2.5" monitors and a PC. the club hired about 50 kids to dance in their underwear and make out in couches placed above the bars. (the patrons didn't know they were paid and by 3am there were about 1000 people in their skivvies)... oh, and the promoter would give me these tapes like the xxx version of snow white to scratch with (worked great w/ keying-- taste aside) and i'll never forget the Boy singing do you really wanna hurt me while he was singing on screen mixed with all these dwarves shuking their clothes and diving onto snow white. weird.

[complexvisuals]

I did a few gigs in a club where the music just went "thump-thump-thump-thump........" I looked around for a band but there was none. Some guy was playing records.

The actual place itself was weird, dark, except for loads of flashing lights. The people arrived after I setup. I think some of them were on drugs, because they didnt stop dancing all night.

Bloody weird. Never gonna do it again.

Cian

[littlecatalyst]

wow comp...
that does sound wierd!



drugs?? who?

[hamageddon]

on a small hausboot called venus on the river main @ frankurt, just enough space for kit and breathing,well enough, if there hadn't been some musicans driving me to tears by constantly blowing cigarette smoke in my eyes :p
well luckily the boat generator broke down once or twice :)

[samvisualkitchen]

the weirdest/worst we ever did was coming to a big hall where an IT fare was held, corporate gig. When we arrived Belgian cult weirdo Eddy Wally was playing (i.e. playbacking) with several gogo girls. We set up our gear, thinking we would be playing with a dj afterwards, and waited for his gig to end. He stopped, and they told us we could start because Bonny M was up next?
We had a great laugh, vj'ing with Bonny M playbacking and afterwards, the worst dj ever encountered?
got good pay though?

sam

[littlecatalyst]

did Bonny M do that song "pop music"?

[hamageddon]

no, that's just M. without the Boney :)
seems u canadians didn't suffer that german disease, well
won't save u from me linking u to this (http://www.groovecave.com/boneym/)
a must see design i tell ya :p

[illectric]

...in one tunel.In case of war that would be like shelter.
10m umder ground, 1-3 degrees, fucking cold,my lappy freezed it after 30min.f..k it, never again!!!!

[paradoxewan]

Bosnia - Converted nuclear bunker, and a gig on a SFOR base out there,

or a mafia run gig on a dis-used fortress in an island Russia where they fired off rockets perfectly in time with the dj, until they set fire to the roof of the stage with one!

[paradoxewan]

Bosnia - Converted nuclear bunker, and a gig on a SFOR base out there,

or a mafia run gig on a dis-used fortress in an island Russia where they fired off rockets perfectly in time with the dj, until they set fire to the roof of the stage with one!

[sleepytom]

i did a gig in a cave in mostar (bosnia) that was pretty weird - where abouts in bosnia did you play (and when??)

[illectric]

...yes yes..I saw that on VCD that you send me.That was weird but also fantastic!!On Friday we have one gig here in Pula in one Forest: Robotfunk,Eirenah,Oxygen and me.I will send you all pics and my new cartoon.Sorry for the last time when I said that I'll send you pics of a gig, but it was canceled!!
ILL:cool:

[paradoxewan]

i was in bosnia about a year and a half ago, on a base called the "metal factory" ill need to dig out the place name, and speel it correctly lol

[thomase]

Spinning wor?ld-record. lasted 24 hours. vjed as long as it was dark enough for the projector. Participated as well for about an hour. won the record!

[DNXR]

a memorial at a funeral

(a slideshow of scanned photographs of a friends live, projected at a wall in the 'waiting'room)
a very strange but somehow satisfying thing to do

in fact we did things at 2 funerals, but don't wanna make a habbit of it.

I followed this thread since it started but never had the nerve to mention this 'events', but also like to share this experiance




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bart

[scarab]

a punjabi-event with 400 total drunken indians. 4 hrs of bhangra music and then a very big fight where all guys got involved.
imagine this always smiling people screaming and hitting each other like it was the end of the world....

that was also the end of the party :confused:

[illectric]

...ahahahaha..ooo my god!!!
...just don't tell me you have not the picture???(or taped)
..hope your equipment survived.

[bluntfaktory]

i used to do a night once a year called "the sex files" . i was the only guy aloud in the place except for the lighting guy and he's gay . needless to say there was lost of naughtiness going on . sadly what ever meager threads of innocence i had left at that point died . although i still believe all women can be gentle flowers on that night they where nothing less than ravenous creators . :lurker2: :whip:

[Kriel]

Gig in Russia in a fort on an island in a disused Anthrax factory.
:flamethro
You could only get there by boat. 4 floors lined with couches steamin' with the most extreme decadence I've seen, ever, ever, ever. Nice.

By 5am the stage dancers stripped, and my knees finally went...

(I've got pics if anyone wants to see 'em )

[myogenic]

come on then kriel, don't just tempt us, post em up ;)

[Lara]

Yes I second that . . . any pics of your night too Bluntfaktory? ;) :o

:spank: :whip:

[Kriel]

This isn't from my video of the gig, but I found it already posted on a Russian site at http://www.nique.ru/fortdance.html

http://www.nique.ru/forts2003/forts006.jpg

I'll save mine for that subscription service I was thinking of starting later this year... :P

[Portal]

Kriel,

How was this fort party in Russia promoted? How did the "punters" know about it?

Was there an even balance of men and women at this event?

Are the promotors still active? Are they respected? Was this event deemed successful, or out of control?

Please help out a Canadian blinded by conservative North American media.

Best,
Marcus <Portal>

[Kriel]

It's called Fortdance, happens outside of St. Petersburg, and this was the second year they've done it. It's the biggest outdoor dance event in Russia -- about 35,000 people -- and is run by Zeppelin club in Moscow.

http://www.fortdance.com

And I understand what you're saying North American media conservatism (although I don't think the individuals are anywhere near as conservative as the media and the politicians). That's part of the reason I moved from Atlanta to Europe 10 years ago...

[holly]

I did a "Swedish" party a few months ago in NYC. All night long I had strippers wearing only bodypaint coming up and asking me to play better music....:rolleyes: Ratio of men to women was about 6:1.

[littlecatalyst]

ok holly two questions:
1) why didn't you play better music like they requested?? what kind of mean insensitive vj are you??

and more importantly 2) whats swedish about bodypainting?

[Psychoptik]

Weirdest gig?
Probably last saturday psytrance party in a 300 year old catholic ex-convent/church...about 400 people dancin away in the church atrium as main danceloor...dj placed right on the altar...my images projected where the crucifix would be placed above the altar...IMO one of my best shows/perfomances up to date...great mystical/magical vibe throught out the place, good music and punters.

PLUR
SEX & DRUGS & ACID TRANCE
Viva la raveolucion!
:angel:

[krezrock]

AVN awards show.

While mixing content this little midget porn star comes up. Where's my dressing room? All yelling at me. I calmly told her to go over there and ask the production people standing backstage.

Ugh. But they gave me a nice hotel room!! Soaking in a jacuzzi before a gig is tops!

[littlecatalyst]

Originally posted by krezrock
this little midget porn star comes up

ok i'm gonna shut up with the stupid questions--- soon enough--

but,
a) "little" midget.... what other types are there? are there giant midgets? can a midget be like, 6 feet tall? and even more importantly;
b) "midget porn star" now i admit that i am not up on the latest porn thing... i know that porn stars have melded with street culture and rock and all that... and now porn stars have become as big as tatooed whiny boys with distortion pedals, but still i gotta ask; are there really midget porn stars??? that sounds weirder than anything i've seen here yet. how do they become more popular than regular porn midgets? do they win awards? do people stop them on the street and ask for their autographs? this just sounds weird to me.....

[AddictiveTV]

Played on HMS Belfast once....!

ceilings about 6ft high! carting kit about down narrow 'submarine-style' corridors, down steps at 80 degree angles! terrible acoustics for the music... and a live satellite link up had to be rigged at the top of the crows nest!

[krezrock]

i forgot to mention the "pussy-cam"

so just to set ya straight. that's a camera that points up their skirts under glass on the stage.

didn't want to confuse it with those remote cams strapped to cats.




Originally posted by littlecatalyst
ok i'm gonna shut up with the stupid questions--- soon enough--

but,
a) "little" midget.... what other types are there? are there giant midgets? can a midget be like, 6 feet tall? and even more importantly;
b) "midget porn star" now i admit that i am not up on the latest porn thing... i know that porn stars have melded with street culture and rock and all that... and now porn stars have become as big as tatooed whiny boys with distortion pedals, but still i gotta ask; are there really midget porn stars??? that sounds weirder than anything i've seen here yet. how do they become more popular than regular porn midgets? do they win awards? do people stop them on the street and ask for their autographs? this just sounds weird to me..... :spank:

[niQue]

Originally posted by Kriel
This isn't from my video of the gig, but I found it already posted on a Russian site at http://www.nique.ru/fortdance.html


I'll save mine for that subscription service I was thinking of starting later this year... :P


Thank you for referring to my site, Charles!!!! :::)))

FortDance 2003 is actually the 4th Festival of that kind, not the second....
the 1st one was in 2000.
pictures from the 2nd (2001) >>> http://nique.ru/forts.html
and unfortunately i didn't take any pics at the 2002 event ::)) wasn't really able to ::))

see you there next year!!!!!

[Lara]

Originally posted by krezrock
i forgot to mention the "pussy-cam"

so just to set ya straight. that's a camera that points up their skirts under glass on the stage.


nooooooooooooo way, that's crazy!

[alangeering]

I've done a lot of visuals in support of theatre shows, some are really warped. (though fun, I tend to create the visuals and let someone else run them as shows can last quite a few nights). Also I've made and run visuals for Christian events, which is also very different.

[Kriel]

Originally posted by niQue
see you there next year!!!!!

Yes, Nique, and I'll see you, too.

cx

[vjpixylight]

we threw a small renegade party for the 4th of July in the colorado woods a couple of year's ago, and this bloke and his GF got up on a big branch of a pine and started doing the ole 'In and Out' right there in the tree...
that is the most bizaar experience I have seen at a party..

[littlecatalyst]

i guess this one falls into the weirdest events category.. a few weeks ago i had a gig here called Raw Power. it was an evening of speaking, by these raw-food new age guru-y guys. well before he went on, had a nice set with my old VJ partner, and then the guy starts talking and i start mixing 2 cams (one with great feedback) they wanted minimal imagery while he was talking so it was a more of a live edit than a mix, but cutting on his rhythm and by what he was saying (which was 50-50, some cool , some "dang man, eat some cooked food!")
the crowd was pretty impresive though, all yoginis and beautiful healthy people abound (me out behind the building puffing my doob before the set).... the visuals were really appreciated (sure most people in the audience had done psychadelics at some point in their lives, Not that you need to to appreciate VJing)
the food was pretty good too, livefood pizza and the like... funny though they had a tonn of these fruits that cost like $50 each, spiked like a blowfish and stink like 10,000 barfoot guys with chronic althleets foot all stckingtheir feet in your face.... or worse. the whole room stank (350 people?) thing tasted so damn yummy though
:yep: you gotta say that is a weird gig

[VjDeranged]

Havent doneany weird gigs... does that make me an ouctcast :scared:

closest i came to weird was a gig in an unused airplane hanger in Bombay, It was the rainy season... sludge everywhere.. soundcheck was done earlier in the day.. at night guess what

Hangar doors close, 3000 people inside first sound of "darude sandstorm" starts and One shit fu***in load of mosquitos get dislodged from their habitat and start attacking! you shoulda seen it... :lol: Im serious!

oh yeah then there was this guy that kept coming back asking ifI could play his dvd instead of mine.... Dvd?? dvd??
is that what my fuckin hard work looked like? :grrr:


**edited*** im moving to that fort in Russia dammit

[Kyle]

Originally posted by littlecatalyst
ok i'm gonna shut up with the stupid questions--- soon enough--

but still i gotta ask; are there really midget porn stars??? that sounds weirder than anything i've seen here yet. how do they become more popular than regular porn midgets? do they win awards? do people stop them on the street and ask for their autographs? this just sounds weird to me.....

Should I know the answer to this? When I was in the US a lot of things are censored, but here in Spain I don't think that word exists. After midnight all these local channels turn to porn stations running porn movies of all types. Then they run a little banner at the bottom trying to hook people into the hotlines. Bizarre but slightly entertaining. Just the other day a porn film dubbed Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was aired. I'm not joking. I will leave the rest to your imagination.
Traumatized for life :help:
http://tooncity.net/snow99.jpg

[Kyle]

I work along side DJ Pascal Kleiman who spins with his feet because he doesn't have arms. Some people call that weird. Since I have known him for about 4 years I don't look at that as weird anymore. I admit when I first met him I thought it was a little weird but I quickly forgot about that and accepted him for the person and talented dj that he is.

In Agen, France we did an event that was funded by the L'APF. Check the webpage and you can figure out how weird it was. A musical event with rap, rock, two step polka, and GOA/PSY Trance.
http://www.geocities.com/portailcarfax/festival.html
http://community.audiovisualizers.com/img/91/f57ac650e1752fea.jpg
http://community.audiovisualizers.com/img/91/0dd0aa3adc30d214.jpg
http://community.audiovisualizers.com/img/91/223c21524c395081.jpg

[unjulation]

not realy weird but ended up being a very serreeal experiance - i used to do 16mm projections and U.V. costume show for a band called Oochie and we got booked to play at a locall hippy festi, unfortuantly the organisors in there infinite wisdom decided to put us on at 2pm in the afternoon :rolleyes: and i'm teling you trying to do a mad dance show in costumes that look grate under U.V. but not so hot when you can see it all kinda sends your head of into some very strange places:P

[LightFantastik]

I just did a High School Homecoming dance. Full on "Rave" visuals. Pretty funny (my DJ friend asked me to do it, as he was renting them the sound system).

They had an open WiFi network throughout the school. Wish schools were that cool when I went (of course, back then a 386 or an Apple IIgs was "high tech").

[labmeta]

havent done this yet but the descriptions i`m getting mean friday night is gonna be the wierdest vj night ever for a me. So i thought it deserved to go on this list.

I landed a fetish night with a live act doing lip stitching :help: and other dark and dirty shenanigans. I`m trying not to think too hard about the lip stitching. I actulally find that quite scary, i dread to think what else i`m gonna have to put into the mix!:scared:

[michaelheap]

anti war demo in trafalger square to 100K people on a 60x60 video wall vj rig on the column itself.