Rise of the VJ

Since I am writing about this article after our VDMX performance, my take on this article is from a different perspective. VJ-ing is extremely exciting and scary and new all at the same time. "However, live video mixing performances certainly address a hunger for immersive and synaesthetic sensory experiences where aural and visual elements work together to create a whole that is something beyond the sum of the parts." This is a perfect explanation for what I think the VJ and VDMX allows an artist to do. We are taking parts of a bigger piece, say the video, and changing it through filters and audio analysis etc in order to create something all our own. But what Vjs end up creating is far more than the original artist intended or even saw. I think the VJ's possibilities are endless. The only boundaries are the ones created by the software and hardware being used. It's something I myself am not used to - being able to easily create something different, and arguably better, every time I use VDMX.