On Tuesday, March 02, 2004, at 11:39AM, Klaas-Jan Jongsma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >On Tuesday, March 02, 2004, at 11:17AM, Robert Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > >>I can see the point of a commercially available DVD; I just didn't see the >>point of him using the DVD in a club, unless he's getting RSI and needs the >>odd break. Or is it blatant self-promotion? > >In an interview from 2002 John did with Mills for technotourst.org he said the >following about why he uses images: whoops wrong quote, this is what i wanted to cut 'n paste here: "You just mentioned disappearing and reappearing. At Sonar I saw you disappear at some point, but the music kept playing and there were images of you playing records. I was pretty confused by that. Was that done on purpose or did you just need to go to the loo? (laughs) No, that was on purpose. It was designed so that at one point the film would take over. At a certain point there was no need for me to be on the stage. Once the film took over I left and stood on the side and watched for my cue to come back up and take over from the film. That was like a test as well, to see if the people would be able to continue on with the party if say something was simulated. That was an experiment. I dont think it worked out so well because the venue was so large that the people in the middle or the back couldnt see anyway. We tried it once before in Tokyo and it was the same thing. At first the people were confused, they didnt understand where I had gone, but the music was still playing and there was still this image of me playing on the screen. What I had hoped to get from that was the indication that the people wouldnt mind dancing to an image and that would lead us into this holograph thing where at a certain point they would actually be dancing to a simulation of myself or multiple DJs." http://technotourist.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=19
