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Jasper Cook and Kat Black are VJzoo. We're VJ's and video artists who do artsy-style VJing.

If you live in Perth, Western Australia, why not come along to one of our events and say hi - we're the ones staring intently at laptop screens, pretty easy to find! We're the busiest VJs in Perth and do the widest range of events, so there's probably something coming up that's your style.

We spent 2003-2005 learning our craft - did over 100 gigs and ran a few workshops to teach newbie VJs. In 2006 we did our first International Tour, including Singapore, Spain and the US. In 2007 we toured Singapore, Paris, Rome and London, then held the ByteMe.net.au Festival in Perth in December 2007. In 2008 we played in Wellington (NZ) and Melbourne, and started a Saturday residency at Llama Bar in Subiaco.

Check out the videos and connect with us at our MySpace Facebook or LinkedIn if you'd like to do some Networking.

NEWS:

Our new Showreel is now available.

Also, we've uploaded some free loops for you to play with - in both mov and avi formats, ready to VJ with.

We also uploaded the handbook from our Painting with Light courses held in 2006 - it's probably the closest thing to a "How To VJ Manual" that's available for newbs. Hope it's of some help.

Thre have been a couple of articles about us online lately that might be of interest:

In non-VJ news, Kat's working on a new tarot deck Touchstone Tarot thanks to a generous private benefactor in the US.

Jasper got to the finals of the Absolut Lomo - see Jasper's blurry toy camera photo of a Seagull :)

If you're in Perth and interested in learning to VJ, an experienced VJ looking to network & jam with others, or even just interested in seeing what we do and how we do it, come along to Plug n Play Perth. When we find a projection-friendly venue....

We love to develop specific content for corporate events - such as that done for WABAPA and the West Coast Eagles,

Our usual styles range from retro to abstract art-style 'video painting'. We do fun, happy party stuff too - eg for wedding receptions, 21st parties etc with themes like Bollywood and vintage Jazz, for example.

If you like the VJzoo style, you could hire us to do VJing at one of your own events or gigs. If you're wondering if we're any good, ask around. Perth's a small town in many ways and I'm sure you know someone we've worked with. We've listed all our previous events, so you can see who we've worked with and the huge range of events we've done in the past few years. We are committed to professionalism and doing the best we can - so we only agree to VJ at events that we think we can really add something to.

What we don't do is 90's rave-style stuff using 3D rendering or beat-synched eyecandy visualisations. It just doesn't suit our VJing style. If you're after a Perth VJ with a different style to us, we enthusiastically recommend Roly Skender, VJ Trixee or VJ:555

We put a lot of effort into developing the VJ scene, both locally through formal workshops and the informal Plug n Play, and also on this website. We have no problem getting as much work as we can cope with, and so anything we can do to develop more professional VJ's, the better.

We realise that means that our style won't remain as unique, as we give away pretty much all of our 'secrets', but then that will just mean we have to keep developing and improving - which has got to be a good thing, eh?

"VJing is a type of performance that combines the visual possibilities of filmmaking with the improvisational pleasures of jazz"...from The VJ Book: Inspirations and Practical Advice for Live Visuals Performance by Paul Spinrad, Jon Schwark

Watch more of our videos at YouTube

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