Bio
Visual Kitchen started in the late nineties as a
collective that focused on live video mixing and pioneered the Belgian vj-scene. 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 were a
turning point in the artistic approach. With interpretations of the K.H.Stockhausen piece 'Pole fr 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.
In 2003 Visual Kitchen joined forces with Les PÕtits Belges in the
organization of the annual Cimatics AV festivals.
The Cimatics Platform offers a wide spectrum of
activities within the fields of vjÕing and live audiovisual performances, with the festival as the
key focus point. In 2007 they
restructured these activities, (re)organizing the AV
and VJ scene with the Cimatics\AV\platform that
produces, promotes and distributes national and international audiovisual
artists, while Visual Kitchen focuses on the intrinsically artistic
productions by the founding artists Jurgen Van Gemert and Sam Vanoverschelde.
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