fri 18 September
inn on the green



VJ Masterclass & Workshop:
Reality Check


12am


If you think you know what the hell is going on, then you’re probably full
of shit! (Robert Anton Wilson)

Paul Blackwood (one half of Punkvert and regular contributor to the festival) was introduced to PFF by one of his co-conspiritors, Tim Ockenden, from VJ quartet – Reality Check. Together with Jake Mochnacz and Stan Mytkowski, the four held the longest running and one of the first weekly, residencies for VJs in the UK, at the now closed Turnmills Nightclub of EC1.

Apart from the heady mix of 16mm loops, obscure cut-up video imagery and slide work that permeated the building, short films were welcomed at the beginning of the evening to the bemusement of London’s clubbing crowds. Most of these films were by VJ and film maker guests of Reality Check, whilst Tim was at the helm of the group with his doomsday short – Red Mercury.

As a remembrance, eight years after Tim’s unfortunate death, Punkvert have teamed up with Kodek (vj) and several past contributors to present an evening of live audio visual, conspiratorial wonkiness, all professionally distorted for your convenience!

Highlights include film shorts by king of psycho-trash 8mm, Arthur Lager, a Punkvert remix of Tuli Kupferberg’s readings from his Book of Perverbs, a live mix of Kodek’s cerebral crushing muse - Am I Paranoid? and works by Tim Ockenden, including Red Mercury, first screened at the film festival in 1997.

The evening starts off with a special screening of Richard ‘Donnie Darko’ Kelly’s most overlooked Southland Tales. Have a nice apocalypse.

As an interactive warm up to this event Punkvert will be holding a VJ Workshop revealing some of the mysteries of hardcore VJing. You are encouraged to bring a digital camera for some live filming and editing that will be shown later on the evening on the big screen.
Workshops start at 12 and run to 4pm. Get there early!



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