From the forums: Nestor aka NextVj

VISUALIZA from NextVj on Vimeo.

I have previously included the work of Nestor although I apologize for the fact that I am unable to track down that post at the moment.

Nestor appears to be very active in generating some buzz for the 'custom projected image.' You'll note that at some point during this video that the space this party is occupying is in a museum. This can be seen from a sped up shot where you can see gallery walls of 'static' art on display. You then turn a corner and the room is illuminated. At some point there is also an acrobatics act.

I grabbed the text from the vimeo page and ran it through Babel Fish, cleaned it up a bit to be able to convey approximately what is going on.

"Encounter of VJ´s and bands multimedia, realized in the Argentine North. First of a series of events projected at National level with the purpose of to (introducing?) the position of the VJ (as a) Visual Artist and central figure of the spectacle. The encounter carried out in the Museum of Means and of Resistance, Contacted by Subt Multimedios and with the support of the Institute of Culture of the Chaco."

Of course I am not sure about the VJ as the central figure. I like to think about it as more collaborative. And I am guessing that Nestor would probably agree with me on this point in that I am taking 'central figure of the spectacle' literally. The reason I think Nestor would agree is evidenced by the following video that is a documentation of dance performance.


Aerial acrobatics, theater and live video from NextVj on Vimeo.

I asked him a little bit about this project on vimeo and I am quoting it here:

m8.us:
"Was this a good learning experience working with a dance company? Can you elaborate a little bit on the process of how the imagery for the production was decided on?"

NextVj:
"Thanks, this is the third time working with this company. First they decided the visual moments. Not all the time, just interventions.
Water, fire, air and land (mapping on the circular screen)
I made the textures. Modul8 let me give freshness to the show, mixing in real time according to the performance of the artists. Without prior testing, just follow the script.

The program also allowed me to do, with the circular mapping, images of films in the first place and space background.
The combination of arts, enhances the visual effect.

Something to mention. I did not get pictures of air, but thanks to the courtesy of Vimeo and john stiltwalker can download their excellent images of the sky and complete my work.

I am fascinated by these exchanges before impossible."