VJFleet and the DTC Program Unite
Julie Andreyev and Simon Overstall are Artists in Residence during the month of November 2008 in the Digital Technology and Culture (DTC) Program at Washington State University. Their project VJFleet [redux] collaborates with students in the DTC program to participate in the production of a nuanced, mobile and interactive project performed in the public realm. Students will participate in all aspects of VJFleet [redux]: conceptual framing, software and hardware design, sensor use, installation, sound recording, audio/video production, and documentation. Students will deploy this knowledge to activate the city streets through a large-scale urban performance on November 22, 2008.
VJFleet [redux] explores the city as mobile tableaux in order to link up and investigate public space. Video and audio representation of site, space and location in the city are interwoven with aspects of audiovisual representation that take their motivation from popular culture, specifically car culture and club culture. Serving as hybrid forms, a fleet of customized cars equipped with interactive, audio-video technologies cruise the city seeking engagement as urban performance. During a VJFleet [redux] performance, video of the host city and audio aspects of the engine and passenger areas are manipulated by interactions between the car and driver to create a new, live cinematic display.
Julie Andreyev is an artist whose practice explores: the social and spatial character of the city using mobility and performance; and animal consciousness through interactive installation and video. Her work has been shown across Canada, in the US, Europe and Japan at venues such as: Viper Festival Basel; SIGGRAPH; ISEA; Media Arts Festival, Tokyo; Elektra Festival, Montreal. Andreyev's work is supported by The Canada Council for the Arts, The British Columbia Arts Council, Foreign Affairs Canada, and The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. She is Associate Professor in Digital and Interactive Arts at Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, Canada and co-curator of Interactive Futures.
Simon Lysander Overstall is an artist working in digital arts and new media, in particular audio art and music. He has a BFA in Music Composition from the School for Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University, and an Associate in Music (Jazz) Diploma from Malaspina University-College. He has produced sound designs and compositions for dance, theatre, and installations. In addition, he designs software for both performance systems and installations. Currently, he is Research Technician at Intersections Digital Studios at Emily Carr University of Art + Design in Vancouver, Canada.
