tech fetish and tesseract: Why on EARTH would a video artist want to lug so much gear??? In <tesseract>'s case, its essential to give the flexibility required by a true live improvisational act. Hmmm, it could also be a bit of tech-fetish too. Okay, a LOT of tech fetish... actually, lugging is how we get our excercise. Anyway, the following shots give some idea of the flexibility of the <tesseract> video lab.
the characteristic orange and black stripes of the tesser rig and banner.
the standard tesser rig, featuring three video mixers
a video tech fetish shot
Not so squeezy: we managed to fit the entire tesser rig into a DJ booth at club mantra
Justin takes charge of the video lab.
Justin's laptop in action
Twins! One Sony TRV900 to play, the other to record. Thanks to VJ Cicada for the loan of one of the babies.
Always got to look for the right spot to patch tesseract into the audio network too...
This is the set up for all the live acts... always a challenge to fit everyone on stage.
Hmmmm, tech!!! The gear for three audio live acts in the foreground, and a tech illustration for how to mix video on the screen, from tesseract's set.
the midi keyboard is used to trigger video sequences and animation
the mothership has landed: the tour rig packed away.