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In less than 2 years, Thien Vu Dang aka VJ pillow, as etablished himself as a top VJ in Montreal (Voted VJ of the year in the VOIR, the most readed cultural weekly in Montreal http VJ pillow
. After he joined the collective Epsilonlab , he worked with Eloi Brunelle on Brand New World, a documentary VJ set that use Tokyo as a metaphor of our modern-day societies where human/machine vibrates in rythm with the machine/system he has himself created. Its also with another member of Epsilonlab, the Stereomovers, that he created Young, Alive, In love, a VJ set that show the story of a young japanese girl who travel around the world in search of happiness.
After a personal VJ tour in Germany, France and England from december 01 to march 02, he join the Montreal Electronic Groove tour with Epsilonlab and played in Lyons, Paris and at the Expo 02 at Neuchatel in June 02. In the summer 02, he work with WETFISH on an hommage to cinema of 9 sets for the World Film Festival of Montreal. With electronic musicien, Mathieu St-Arnaud, he presented SUBeat, a 3 screens sync-DVD audiovisual creation on the subway of Tokyo at the Elektra festival of Montreal.
Pillow is currently working on SAT[mix_sessions], a project to promote and develop the VJ scene in Montreal. He is also in charge of the VJ programmation of the Aria night club.
Quotes from VJ pillow:
“ There is many big differences between VJ-ing and conventional video creation. Even if my creations is closer to documentary or fiction than a “normal VJ set”, I do not forget about the atmosphere of the event where I am playing. Before a set, I know already in which direction I gonna go but I do not know how and where I gonna end up to. That’s the beauty of Vj-ing.
Vj-ing use to be a support to the music. It was a way the producers found to spice up the night but VJ-ing had evolved and its became an unique art form. More and more artists of very diverse field get interested in the illimited possibilities of VJ-ing. Without music, there is no VJ-ing but I too often see VJs being a slave of the music, following in perfect sync every beats and limit the creation to nice pictures or graphics that follow the music. With my sets, I use the music as a transport to take my picture where I want it to go. Promoting VJ-ing as an art is my goal.”
Personal biography
Born in Ho Chi Minh Ville, Vietnam, the year of the Dragon 1976, he left his native country with his family by boat at the age of 6. Since then, he has been living in Montreal and travelling all around the world. Pillow made his study in economics science at the University of Quebec in Montreal but its in movie theaters that he spent most of his time. Mixing between rationality and art, he is now a vj and video artist.
Events and festivals
- 133 degré, Epsilonlab, Montréal, Canada (2001)
- Golden Year, Epsilonlab, Montréal, Canada (2001)
- Basswerk, Cologne, Allemagne (2001)
- Passagen, Design Fair, Cologne, Allemagne (2002)
- Vectors – Music for Visual, Londres, Angleterre (2002)
- Paysages Matriciels, Epsilonlab, Montréal, Canada (2002)
- SAT[mix_sessions], Montréal, Canada (2002)
- MEG en Europe avec Epsilonlab, Lyons, Paris, Neuchatel-Expo 02 (2002)
- World Film Festival, Montréal, Canada (2002)
- Black&Blue, Montréal, Canada (2002)
- MEG à Montréal, Canada (2002)
- Alphaville, Elektra, Montréal, Canada (2002)
- JauneOrange Thérapie, Epsilonlab, Montréal, Canada (2002)
- Avant-Pop, Tokyo, Japan (2002)
- Shoobooshooboo, Tokyo, Japan (2002)
Clubs
- Aria, Montréal, Canada (Misstress Barbara, Rank-1, Guy Ornadel, Danny Howells,
- Societies of Art and Technology, Montréal, Canada (resident artist)
- Dagobert, Québec, Canada (Dave Clarke, Misstress Barbara, Ben Sims)
- Jingxi, Montréal, Canada (Use to be monthly resident)
- G9, Cologne, Germany (Basswerk)
- Aka, London, England (Vectors)
Links
www.epsilonlab.com
http://eloibrunelle.com
http://www.sat.qc.ca/
http://www.sat.qc.ca/mix_sessions/index.html
http://www.elektrafestival.ca/
http://www.megmontreal.com/
http://www.aria-nightclub.com
http://www.momentfactory.com/ #7,#9,#13,#28
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