ANAT TRICKSTER

Masterclass in VIDEO JAMMING

Conducted by leading international live video artist VJ IKO (Portugal).

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VJ IKO
Artists discussing work.
Public presentation.

   
Soncha & Helen.
Helen vjing.
Wade's presentation.

"I feel TRICKSTER helped to legitimise vjing as an artform"

The TRICKSTER Masterclass in Video Jamming was held in Adelaide, SA, at Ngapartji Multimedia Centre, between February 26 and 28. TRICKSTER was presented in association with the Adelaide Fringe Festival and was supported by the Australian Film Commission.

The Masterclass was co-curated by Adelaide-based VJ artists inCube. For three days the participants, all Australian artists, presented and discussed their work. Each evening the artists projected live images into the street-front Njapartji cafe.

The following artists participated in TRICKSTER:

Kirsten Bradley Cicada (NSW)
Helen Clemens and Nick Deacon eyefi (NSW)
Sean Healy (Qld),
Soncha Iacono (Vic)
Tara Pattenden (Qld)
Cindi Drennan Tesseract  (NSW)
Nick Ritar (NSW)
Kristian Thomas (SA)
Joel Zika (Vic)
Wade Marynowski (NSW)

 

What elements did the participants find most useful for their art practice?

  • Sharing techniques with others and seeing how other artists use these techniques in their practice
  • The format of the Masterclass which although intensive it is also supportive allowing artists to learn at their own pace
  • The consolidation of and acquisition of new technical jargon appropriate for this art form.

What elements did the participants most like about TRICKSTER in general?

  • Diversity of work
  • High quality technical facilities
  • The Masterclass master - VJ IKO.
  • Flexibility and support from organisers (ANAT)
  • Discussing each other works
  • Jamming with other VJ artists
  • Excellent catering and venue

 

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