VJ performance in collaboration with AJA. Live @ Backlit Gallery

  • Leila Duffy-Tetzlaff
  • Aja Ireland

Nottingham Art Weekender 2016: AJA's live performance featured detailed costumes and live visuals from Matthew Chesney, Director of Backlit Gallery, and Leila Duffy-Tetzlaff, a long time collaborator of the artist. Using the VJ software Modlul8, I manipulated images and video clips that were preexisting or purpose made during our Garaj Sessions in which a catalogue of material was created, and projected these onto the back wall behind the stage. Working alongside the performer and Matthew Chesney, we were able to achieve an immersive spectacle for the audience which was at first scripted but on the night took many improvised tangents, adding to the chaotically fertile atmosphere.