Earlier this year i had the pleasure of joining my dear brother
@elijah.badua on stage at
@libfestival 2022 and perform and Audiovisual set together. I assembled a cinematic and audio-reactive visual journey for the hour long set, and I got a chance to play some original music as well đ
This being the first time Elijah and I would perform together, and only having a few weeks to prepare, i wanted to put together a streamlined performance system to handle playback and interactive elements of the show on one machine. Our music was a blend of acoustic / organic and electronic sounds, so i wanted to represent this in visual form. Drawing from my video archive and calling upon some of my favorite film friends, I created video sequences which were synchronized with the playback inside Ableton. I then built a little real-time FX network using shaders inside TouchDesigner to create subtle rhythmic and musical patterns and transitions that i could play like an instrument.
Huge thanks to Elijah and to my amazing creative friends for supporting me in this project. This is a humble beginning to returning to live performance art.
Visual Content Credits
Adrien Oneiga, Vincent LaForet, Pete Cote, Dustin Farrell, Russell Owen McLaughlin, Cameron Michael (RIP_)
âšMusic Credits
Song 1 Chrysalis - By Elijah Badua
Song 2 MaâRifa - By Adrien Oneiga Ft.
@kiahvictoria
Live Sufi Dancing -
@dervishaziz
Musical Guest -
@yaarrohs
Live Video capture - Akhi LaVoie
Special Thanks to Jarrett Smith
@touchdesigner , Gio Ray, Jose Santana, Ill Gates, Slowform, DoLab