After our exhausting but brilliant time at Bearded Theory we have been pretty quiet on the blog, however, this does not mean we've not been up to owt. There are several plans in the pipeline and we'll run through them in this post.
Firstly, I've been doing some programming for M$'s incredible Kinect device. One of the things I really like about Kinect is the way it makes background subtraction really simple. You can do some really cool video stuff with it. I've recently started programming for it in Processing. Hopefully I'll have some apps that are polished enough to use at gigs soon.
We've finally finished our Gambiological inspired Tagtool project and it is all working flawlessly. We can't wait to take it out. We've also been looking at Friispray which is a project similar to Tagtool. We are quite keen to have a go at this.
This leads on nicely to the next point. In our first post of the year we threatened to put on an exhibition type event to promote cutting edge visual techniques. This was planned for Easter, however, the planning for Bearded Theory had to take priority and we postponed the event. Various local new media artists were contacted about involvement, and we have had a very positive response. This project currently has a working name of "I-Kandy". More on this in the future.
Through a series of bizzare coincidences we seem to have landed ourselves a gig at Headstock festival. We should be found VJing in the DIY and Smokescreen tent who will, no doubt, be playing the best in underground house music. The festival has been running for a few years now, gets good reviews and is pretty much on our doorstep at Newstead Abbey. Echo and the Bunnymen and African Headcharge will be playing on the main stage too. This is in September and runs from the 9th till 11th.
In November InterAVinit will be 5 years old! And we'll be celebrating with a rather large party. We currently have a date (Friday 11th November) but no venue. Hopefully Jim and Jamie of Giro Soundsystem will be playing at this. All to be confirmed and announced in October.
Oh, by the way, the image at the top of this post is the blog's QR code.
