Vjing, Modernism, and Surrealism.

"The VJs work with multiple projections and the flux and pulsation of images, graphics and lights, is closer to the video clip than figurative cinema."

In this way, Vjing is closer to abstract visual images than story elements. Most of the time when going to a show where the video is accompanying the music (or accompanied by) it's abstract graphics, lights, glitch effects, and mesmerizing images. You can argue that this is a form of surrealism and modernism intwine. These shows aren't typically trying to convey a story, but a feeling. 

A good example of surrealist type vjing is skrillex's mothership tour. There he has a set of projectors set up to project onto a 3d screen. He wears a suit with motion detectors that capture his movements and translates them into a 3d figure that's then projected right above him. Generally he picks robotic figures, or dark monsters depending on the song.