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VJ Stickman and the Stickman Visual Colective produce and perform digital art ("visuals") - usually driven by music. We tend to show our work as live performances in galleries, nightclubs, music bars and with live acts at concerts. Our visuals are also available on DVD or VHS, usually via collaboration with DJ's, producers and bands. Our live performances make us more akin to a band than a service such as lighting and our visual content is always is designed to complement the music and events style. We have also made several installations over the years, mainly as one-off's - in 2007 we have created some free-standing repeatable installations, alongside performances at clubs and festivals. We are interested in talking to any producers, promoters or organisations about live and passive digital art installations and live Visual performances for music events. |
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History Stickman Visuals was formed by Jamie Stickman whoose interest in music driven visuals awakened in 1995 when he first wrote a very simple computer program to make a friends photo change colours to the beat of his bands music. In 1997 he purchased some equipment that allowed the capture film footage and basic computer animation of drawings, creating various imagery but always endeavouring to represent the mood that music induced. In 2002 he started performing his visual interpretation of music alongside DJ's and bands in pubs and clubs, after much berating from friends to get out there and show the world! For 2003 VJ Laughing Budda (Sash) worked alongside VJ Stickman (Jamie) bringing his extensive photograhpic collection and providing a much needed pair of hands for the now increasing workload of gig's with residencies with Euphoria, RainDance, clubKnowWhere and Blow alongside a plethora of gig's within the London scene including the Mixmag party, Coronet launch party and Heavens 21st Birthday extravaganza. 2004 continued with performances all over the UK and at art festivals including AVIT. We also ran an AV and VJ networking event "Expression" in London. The focus had started to shift away from "just" live performance to ceating more immersive and interactive environments, including “roots” a visual narrative of mental health issues in London for the Mayor of London Disability Conference. 2005 included performances on the Origin stage at the Glade festival, a "Rave for Deaf" with ASLIC and many adhoc performances at events such as Synergy, although we found ourselves seeking smaller, less commercial events at places such as Inigo bar and PlanetAngel, each one being unique and with a continuos drive forward to achieve more immersive and interactive reprensentations of the music. In 2006 we took a break from gig'ing, although we still performed at 16 events including the Origin Festival in South Africa. After creating some installations in 2007, we have decided to return to the scene, refreshed and invigorated and ready to resume our journey into the visual expression of music and mood. This year we have developed "BenditSliceitDiceit" – an experiment with layers of interactivity and reactivity - which we have used at PlanetAngel and the 491 Gallery (so far!). |
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Our pricing is specific to the type and duration of the event and the equipment required. For Vj'ing we are happy to work alongside other Vj's we can provide all the required equipment and event installation services, including projectors, screens, mixers, cameras etc. |
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