An audiovisual performance based on the bidirectional transformation between video and audio signals. In this experimental format, visual information—brightness values, color intensities, movement patterns—is translated into acoustic structures in real time: light becomes sound, movement becomes rhythm, color becomes frequency.
The transformation process works in both directions—audio signals in turn modulate the visual level and generate abstract image worlds that arise directly from the vibrations and overtones of the music. This feedback loop between the modalities creates a self-organizing system in which sound and vision are in constant dialogue.
Pixel grids become oscillator fields, waveforms materialize as geometric structures.
Friday 10.10. 11 – 11.15 PM
Neue Nachrichtenmeisterei
Videodilettanten is an audiovisual collective founded in 2017 by Elko Braas and Jan Heise, dedicated to the exploration and artistic application of analog video technology. The project deliberately moves beyond digital perfection and uses the characteristic properties of analog signal processing—noise, distortion, unpredictable interference—as creative elements.
Videodilettanten develops audiovisual performances that focus on the electromagnetic properties of video signals. Through experimental interconnections, feedback loops, and the manipulation of historical video hardware, lively, organic visual worlds are created that interweave with acoustic elements in real time.
In addition to live performances, the collective also creates installations that treat space as an extended instrument, as well as VJ sets that enrich club and festival culture with media-archaeological approaches. In their work, Braas and Heise regularly collaborate with artists such as Jan Grebenstein, continuously expanding the creative spectrum of the project.
The work of Videodilettanten represents a conscious regression in the history of technology—not out of nostalgia, but as a critical practice that gives new relevance to the forgotten aesthetic potential of obsolete technologies. The project combines craftsmanship with conceptual acuity.
