Friday january 29th

The Gothenburg International
Film Festival opening party

The party will be held at Trädgårn. Pixelvärk are contributing with 3 VJs/VJ groups: Startsladd (SE), Vidiots (SE) and Bopa (U.K.).

Saturday january 30th 15:00 – 16:00

Artist presentation: Bopa

Anna “Bopa” Boberg is a swedish VJ that lives and works in London. She has been listed as one of the 10 best VJs in the world. Anna will do a presentation of her work at ABF, ateljé 3, on saturday january 30th [Google Map]. This event is free of charge.

Thursday february 4th 18:00-20:00

Workshop: Modul8 – The Basics

VJ stands for Video Jockey or Visual Jockey and is a way of performing moving images live to music. It’s also a great start if you want to get in to video art and make video installations since you learn a lot about what you can and can’t do with the video format. This workshops uses Modul8, a VJ software for the Mac that has a short learning curve. But PC users, don’t get discouraged! Many things you learn in these workshops can be applied to any other VJ software on the market. This workshop will be held by local VJ heroes Andreas Apelqvist and Dan Nordgren from Startsladd. The workshop is free of charge, but you need to apply to reserv a spot. Go here to read more and to apply.

Friday february 5th 11:00

Artist presentation / Cinemix:
Johan Söderberg

Johan Söderberg will showcase different audiovisual techniques, show examples from his own portfolio and present his new program at the University of Dalarna. The lecture will be held during Cinemix in the Gothenburg filmfestival’s tent. The lecture will be preceded by a short presentaion of Pixelvärk. Read more here.

Friday feburary 5th 13:00-14:00

Lecture: Audiovisual collaborations

This lecture is held by artist Ilan Katin from Berlin. Using examples of demos he has collected from other artists, he will present several approaches to a/v collaborations. He will demonstrate a case study of a collaboration he has been working on since 2004 called Lance Blisters. He will open one of the Modul8 projects he has used for one of the songs and go into detail about how it was created, how the actual clips were created and how he structured Modul8 to get what he wanted. The lecture will end with Ilan performing the visuals to the audio track. The lecture is 30-45 minutes and will be held at ABF, ateljé 3 [Google Map].

Friday february 5th

The Pixelvärk VJ Jam

The VJ jam at Nefertiti is a collaboration with the Club The Eye and Swedish VJ Union. You will see VJs as Morrsken, Lysbang, Fetish23, The Midi Thief, Startsladd and our guest from Berlin, Ilan Katin. The DJ for the night is Tricksie from Berlin.

Saturday feburary 6th 11:00-12:00

Artist presentation: Morrsken

Linnea “Morrsken” Forslund is one of the top swedish VJs and co-founder of the Swedish VJ Union. She will give a presentation of her work and how she does it at ABF, ateljé 3, on Saturday 11:00-12:00 [Google Map]. This event is free of charge.

Saturday feburary 6th 14:00-18:00

Workshop: Modul8 – Advanced

In this workshop artist lan Katin will take you deeper in to the Modul8 software and show you how to do some really exciting things. You will have some basic knowledge before entering this workshop. The workshop will be held at ABF and is free of charge. Go here to read more and apply.