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DAY 1 : Introduction to VJ culture
 We start the day with a presentation/discussion about the VJ scene in general - main concepts and tools, key organisations and events, etc. We also take a look at the work of some of today's most interesting VJ acts. VJ performances can be divided to two general categories: 1. mixing previously prepared material or 2. generating video material live in the performance situation. The 'live' category can be further divided to two categories: 1. using live video footage or 2. generating graphics with software. VJ performances can also have all of these three things going on at the same time. Performances can also involve more people which turns a VJ performance into a visual orchestra/jazz band. Designing the projections to fit the performance space offers also a vast amount of creative possibilities, some VJ acts prefer to call themselves as 'performance/event architects'. VJs often have to think about same issues as DJs - what kind of material one can use in a mix, what are the copyright issues etc. Fortunately there are free video archives which offer an easy way to start VJing. Most of the serious VJs tend to produce all the material themselves but of course there are many situations where borrowing/ripping/stealing material is a part of the VJ concept. We finish the day by having a discussion about VJing and planning workshop
projects. The projects which are created during the workshop will be
presented at the Doors8 dj/vj night on Wednesday 23rd of April. We will
also take a quick look at some VJ software, which will be further explored
on Day 2.
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DAY 2 : Hands-on workshop day with video and software
Processing video material in real-time on a computer has opened a vast amount of new possibilities for audiovisual expression. Around one hundred software tools for VJs have been released during the past few years, all of them presenting a slightly different idea of what live video performance is about. Even though there is a large amount VJ software tools available, there are only a few tools which have a substantial amount of users (hundreds or thousands of VJs). We will take a look at some of the most popular VJ tools and also some more exotic ones (see Links). In the afternoon we continue exploring VJ software and/or work in small
groups on the VJ projects for the Doors8 dj/vj night. There will be
some dv cameras available which can be used to shoot own material.
Day 3 is the wrap-up day of the workshop - the participants can focus on the areas of their interest and work on the projects for the dj/vj night. We start the day with a group meeting and then continue with individual work for the rest of the day.
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Workshop participants - please bring visual material to the workshop! Information resources and discussion forums Software Events and labels Video material resources
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