"VJing may have become a cliché since its 90s superclub heyday, but... a new generation of visual music artists are breathing life back into the art form".
‘Future Visionaries’, Dazed & Confused January 2012
Fairly dissimilar to visual journalists, ‘video jockeys’
are, to my delight, becoming more widely accepted again. It’s been done for
Aphex Twin, and by daddy that reinforces its newfound bodacity. Zombi’s got on
board too, so it’s definitely cool enough to wake the living dead.
VJing is raw and aesthetic, like a sexy potato. Surreal yet
nostalgic experiences are influenced by the theatrical background of music. For
example, analogue and animals combine in Spencer Longo’s sample-based art.
It was Dazed & Confused’s
article on the rise of VJing that sparked my interest, and kept it even days
later as I sat watching the election covering while listening to The Backstreet
Boys. Check it out poindexters.