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Visual Kitchen
started in the late nineties as a collective that
focused on live media mixing and is considered one
of the pioneers in the Belgian vj-history. In the
early days the main activities aimed for the dance
floor, with a residency at the Brussels'
Cybertheatre, collaborations with mayor Belgian
dance events (10daysOff, I love techno, Groovecity)
and a long track record of underground performances
(rephlexNight, Seats'nBeats). An artist in
residency -status at Concertgebouw in Bruges in
2003 was a turning point in the artistic approach,
opening up the horizons towards all kinds of
different musicians to play with and acquiring a
personal set of semantics in performing. With
interpretations of the K. H. STOCKHAUSEN score
"Pole für 2" for dual MX50 with feedback or the
visual adaptation of the original audiotape that
accompanied the "Laborintus II" opera by L. BERIO,
they set themselves a new standard. The
collaborations with Eavesdropper, also resident,
continued and intensified resulting in several
forms of collaborations such as the Massive Central
collective or the Locker03 DVD/installation.
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Through the years the active collective grew
smaller and the netwotk of visual artists grew
stronger, resulting in a totally different approach
nowadays: Only two of the original members (Sam
Vanoverschelde & Jurgen Van Gemert) are still
active in the organization producing live visuals
and audiovisual art in their own right, but also co
producing live audiovisual events such as the
Cimatics Festival, or act as a service to
organizations (such as Pukkelpop).
Visual
Kitchen homepage
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