Thoughts Patricia Moran's VJ Scene

My favorite thing about this article is how it was almost needed for class. I love Pat's hands on approach cause you can get your hands dirty and really learn how to do things, but at the same time what do you do. Moran's background information was insightful because it gives us an opportunity to explore what the first VJ's were doing and what exactly is a VJ. I was actually surprise to find out that the term VJ came from MTV. Granted they were not anything like the ones we have today, but the idea of them is still present. Like how in Brazil the "J" is for any form of the word jam, which is similar to what the MTV VJ's worked with. They collaborated with DJ's and audio to deliver something interesting for the viewer. The technique is still used today, but without the DJ. It feel like its part of the VJ job to sometimes overload the audience sensory and audio is needed to fully accomplish this task.

I also really enjoyed the multiplicity of examples and genres of the VJ. Clearly everything we've been reading tells us VJ-ing is everything but having an example of everything is nice. This way too, we can possibly think outside of those boxes and do something else. We talked about some Paik's work and I found this clip of one of his piece.