[June 2010] Oli Sorenson is invited by Austria's top VJs 4yourEye to show at Salon Projektionist, their new space in central Vienna. This is his first solo gallery exhbition since using the artist name Olivier Sorrentino. As a show title, Anti-Mapping is adding a new twist to the ever popular mapping VJ theme. Instead of offering a pixel perfect match between projection and physical objects, Sorenson proposes more dalogue between the two by allowing accidental distortions, and effects reminiscent of optical art in painting.
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[Ongoing] VJing and AV performance are now at the crest of another popularity wave, unseen since the early 2000s, judging by the recent attendance records in workshops and tutorials. Magnifying this enthusiasm, Ne1co is continuing its series of workshops in Oxford, as well as sporadic sessions within selected institutions. The most exciting project coming up is with AVin, an online tutorial program curated by LightRhythm Visuals, due live by the end of 2010. [join the Oxford workshops] [top]
[Ongoing] Drug Music MyEye
is Oli Sorenson's latest 'Ghetto Minimal' DVJ set, as performed at May's edition of Dark Fibre. The live 60-minute AV show is ever-changing, like any DJ set,
and contains an eclectic mix of official singles produced by Ne1co, as well as bootleg music videos Oli created from
downloaded MP3s. All videos produced by Ne1co artists. [view DMME live]
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 [May 2009] Fusing
Dubstep with contemporary Indian music, Croydon based multi-instrumentalist Shri invited Oli Sorenson to
improvise live visuals within a British Council sponsored event in Berlin,
alongside long time DJ partner Badmarsh. [top]
[Feb 2009] Oli
Sorenson re-initiated his THX remix project
with Dan Tait,
launched at Dark Fibre and also featured at this year's Big Chill (cinema
tent). THX1138 is George Lucas' first feature film, fist released in 1970.
Within the 60-minute performance, Dan and Oli completely tear open the
film's structure, while surprisingly keeping its narrative thread intact.
The result is a refreshing view on an obscure cult classic, to be enjoyed in
club ready environments.
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[Sept 2008] Subject
Zero is a live DVJ performance project, procuced to mark VJ Anyone's passage to working
under his new artist name - Oli Sorenson. Subject Zero's underlying
themes draw from vanity to celebrity culture, within a playful fusion of audio and
visuals, and a
soundtrack exclusively selected from Multiverse (Bristol).
The result is a dark and eclectic mix between minimal techno, dubstep and ambient, including tracks from October, Pinch and Moving Ninja. DVDs of this performance available on Mixmash. [how to purchase the DVD] [top]
[July 2008]Video
Moving System (VMS) is an Austran company specialising in manufacturing video
projectors mounted on moving headlight sytems. VMS are offering its
clients exclusive content produced by top visual artists, including VJ Anyone,
Decollage.tv and many more. [how to purchase this DVD] [top]
Every year since 2007 DVJ Vision release visuals DVDs just in time
for Miami's Winter Music
Conference, which Ne1co artsits have so far always been part of. Highlights include contributions from Movement (Ed Shaw) Bopa (Anna Boberg) and many more. Each DVD contains six artist clips synched to a
128 bpm click-track, which is ideal for DVJ users. All DVDs from this series are available in NTSC and
PAL as well as digital files to import in VJ software. [how to purchase this DVD] [top]
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[Ongoing] The British Film Institute host
Ne1co's latest series of live events, every quarter in the venue's main foyer. Dark Fibre is not only established as a central hub for London's
audiovisual community, it now also stands as the BFI's main outlet for alternative content, from live cinema to interactive projects.
Dark Fibre was launched in July 2009, within the BFI's long weekend celebrating the 40th
anniversary of the first man on the moon. Since, invited artists included James Lavelle (UNKLE), Pop promo director Saam Farahmand, as well as Zan Lyons, Hexstatic, and
other AV acts invited by onedotzero, Blank Canvas and many more. [submit
work for 13 August event][view showreel] [top]
 [Feb 2010] Ne1co participated in the V&A's late night event in Febuary with a line up of acts that collerated with DECODE and exhibition of interactive art set up by onedotzero. Ne1co were in charge of giving taster sessions of VJ performance skills.[top]
[Ongoing] Vis Hop is Ne1co's
latest edition of a growing DVD collection distributed by Mixmash, supplying the growing demands in VJ and audiovisual content. Vis Hop contains classic HipHop audio samples
combined with fresh and original videos produced by decollageTV. This is especially authored in mind for scratching and beats juggling, a sure
hit with all the Mashup and B-boy VJs out there. Other Mixmash releases include [Nite Lites] [Graph Beats] [Retro Chic] [Subject Zero] [how to purchase Vis Hop] [view
Vis Hop sample] [top]
[2008] Ne1co was invited in April at Tate Britain, then in November at Tate Liverpool, to host special editions of The AV Social, within the Late At Tate
series. Tate Britain showed a selection of ambient and low impact audiovisual work alongside
"Return of the Gods" their then-current exhibition of neo-classical statues and busts. The AV Social's restrained performances co-habited in tone and subject
matter with the scultures, whilst offering elegant contrasts between classical and contemporary imaging
techniques. The 4,000 visitors of the one-day event were presented with installation from
Black Out Arts, Bopa and Bruno Tait, Hiraki Sawa, as well as performances from Lazerboy,
Movement, Dr Mo, and Oli Sorenson. Narrative Lab presided in the Manton Room, to showcase
a new screening of video art. In Liverpool, Ne1co's selection of AV performers provided a festive backdrop for the Liverpool Biennale opening. [view
sample] [top]
 [Ongoing] Reslume is widely recognised as the leading performance software for VJs, and now its position as content provider is increasingly dominant. Ne1co's Rebel Overlay has regularly contributed to Resolume's growing library, mostly in full scale awesome HD motion graphics. Here's a taster. [Grunge Textures] [The Birds] [Cirlcle Thing] [top]
[2008-2010] Cyber
Noir is an evolving ambient DVJ project by Oli Sorenson, a live performance
combining original visuals with downloaded MP3s. Raw minimalist graphics converge with
sampled film soundtracks. This piece constitute a shift towards darker themes in Sorenson's
work, as he aligned himself with cyberpunk figures like hackers and cyborgs. Alternatively
titled Retro-Futuristic Nostalgia for Recently Past Near-Future Fictions, Cyber
Noir is an AV anticipation novel, tapping into new foundness for 1990s esthetics at the dawn of the 2010s. [view sample] [top]
[2006-2008]After a sccessful
three years running, The AV Social ceased to program events, to give way for Dark Fibre,
which opens up to a wider scope for curating AV performance. During its activity, The AV Social made serious in-roads in re-establishing London as a hub for VJ and AV culture, as it was largely recognised in the late 90s. Not only showcasing a balanced program of established and rising talents, this provided a gathering place for real-life social
networking between DJs,
VJs and AV industry professionals.
Programmed artists included The Light Surgeons, Meat Katie, AddictiveTV, 30 Hz, Vandal,
Eclectic Method, D-Fuse, VJ Anyone, Ben Sheppee and many more. [view
sample] [top]
Ne1co contrbutors are regularly invited by Lightrhythm Visuals to produce new and exciting content. Voyeur for example is a 10-minute mix of club friendly footage shot by VJ Anyone. Using his favorite muses at the time, Harriette, Nicki and
Kate, this edit became part of the Singles 11-15 compilation, which also includes a remix of the same
footage, produced by Olga Mink AKA VJ Oxygen. [How to purchase this DVD] [top] |
