Research / interview for Essay about Videoart / video installations / Vjing !

[emlesteginga]

Hi there,

At this moment I am graduating at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam as a Audiovisual Designer. For my graduation project I am making a video installation about light. This installation is based on my experience as a VJ in my daily life. This installation is for a part a video clip and for a part also a ‘VJ installation’. The are some differences, so is that this video installation is not live, I created my own music based on the sounds of light and I want to make this a real experience in the space it is in.

Connected to my project I am writing a researchpaper about videoart/installations and vjing. I am myself a vj and I am looking if there any differences or similarities in video art and vjing. I was wondering if there any VJ's / Videoartists who would like to answer some questions I have for my researchpaper.


You would really help me out!

When I finish this paper, This will also be published online. But only in dutch, but maybe I will try to translate it to english.

The questions are the following:


What is your goal as a VJ?

In what way do you do your work?

What is your inspiration?

Why did you become a VJ? and how?

Is it your job or hobby? in what way?

If it is a hobby, what is your dayjob?

How do you get your gigs?

Where do you perform? just clubs, or also at musea or other places?

Is it possible to peform in a museum as a VJ or is it then video art?

Do you think being a VJ is a way of video art? why?

Do you think it is art? why?

Is there now more than vj'ing? has being a VJ evolved into multiple forms?

Should it still be called Vj'ing?

statement:
Video art is an inspiration for a VJ to create his or her work..
How do you feel/think about this?



What is your name / stage name?

How long are you a VJ?

Where do you perform?

Are you a VJ or videoartist? (or both). Or do you have your own definition of your work?


Thanks,

Emile Steginga

student Audiovisual Design
Willem de Kooning Academy Rotterdam

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you can mail to emile[at]steginga.nl
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