At the recent Live Performers Meeting in Rome, each of the 4 days of began with a VJ Talk hosted by AVIT. LPM is designed as a space that enables VJs to engage with each other face-to-face, and the vjtalks were intended the catalyst for this. The talks started on the theme for the day (Digital Freedoms, 8Bit + Electropop, Breakbeat + Techno + Electro, and Visual Genders) and led into topics surrounding VJ practice and to the participant’s own practice. The variety of views and personal insight that came up made for some really engaging conversations, however by their nature they existed in the moment only. To try and capture some of the spirit of the talks, short interviews were filmed afterwards, and can be found on the AVIT site’s vjtalks page: http://avit.info/vjtalks.

As one of the organisers, I think this is a rich area to explore, but am unsure how best to document it. If you do watch the videos, drop a comment back here with any feedback or suggestions.

Jaromil interviewed by *spark

After my initial talk with Christian Fennesz I hung around in the green room talking to him and video artist Lillevan about software, the music industry, and alternative revenue streams. Here’s what they had to say.

Peter Dines: Could you tell us about Modul8 for a second?

Lillevan: I don’t want to force anything on you, it’s just that before you think I’m just doing Jitter things…