HELLO, MY NAME IS JOEL DITTRICH
I am an audio-visual artist and university college teacher, working interdisciplinary with projects ranging from fine art, to new media performance and installation. Most of the time that means multi channel video projections, mixed and modified in real time, syncronized with audio/music in an intermodal fashion. Sometimes the projection is also mapped onto an object instead of a rectangular screen. I simultaneously perform with my own soundscapes, noise and techno beats or collaborate with other producers. I am accepting assignments in related areas such as videography, audio/video editing, motion graphics, webdesign (WordPress) and creative direction. My ambition is to always give auditory and visual qualities equal importance, as well as keep on developing my synergetic 50% + 50% = 200% approach to being an artist/teacher.
I am working as teacher/program director at Forsbergs School for Graphic Design & Advertising, at the Digital Creative program, and as teacher/course director at Berghs School of Communication in collaboration with Håkan Lidbo, and as teacher/course director at Högskolan Dalarna University College at the Audio-visual Production program (Bachelor, 180 ECTS), under the supervision of Johan Söderberg.
I am educated at Konstfack University College of Arts Crafts and Design. I studied the Teacher Program on Art, Design and Visual Culture and did my diploma work on audio-visual performance & VJ-ing. I also studied Theories, Methods & Practices and The History of Photography & Video Art. At the Stockholm University I studied Musicology; Experimental Music and Sound Art. In New York City I studied The Fourth Dimension: Video, Space and The Broken Screen, at School of Visual Arts.
I am based in Stockholm and Gothenburg, in Sweden. But I travel to other cities several times a month for work and play.
SHORT SELECTION OF COMMISSIONERS AND COLLABORATORS
Vision`r Festival [FR], Andreas Tilliander/Mokira (Repeatle), Johan Söderberg/Robyn, Voltaire Publishing (Kraft&Kultur), Elektronmusikstudion EMS/Electroacoustic Music in Sweden (Rikskonserter), Sveriges Radio/Berwaldhallen, Dagens Nyheter (Classical Masterpieces Remixed), South Of France Communication (Nikon), Share NYC [US], O-Space/One Arm Red [US], Cafe Orwell [US], Hvorslev Art Association [DK], Video Riot (Pixel Lab, Museum of World Culture), New Media Meeting (Slagsmålsklubben), Färgfabriken Centre for Art and Architecture, Håkan Lidbo Audio Industries, Drumcode Records, Heartbeats International (Axe), Svaj, Structure Sthlm, Hyper Hyper, Socially Hazardous, Raketa, Pixelvärk (2.35:1/Berns Salonger), Volt Festival/UKK (Ström i P2/SR), Norbergfestival, Arvika Festival, Hultsfred Festival, Hootchy Kootchy Club (Södra Teatern), Designgalleriet, Sköna Hem, Plaza Magazine, Konstfack University College, Hobab Film & Television, Aroma Music (Goethe Institute, Embassy of Sweden) [DE], Ström i P2 (Arts Birthday/SR), Fylkingen New Music and Intermedia Art, Daimon Life (Tidningsutgivarna, Fotografiska).
SELECTION OF PERFORMANCES
*Temporary Lab – Audio-visual performance: White Noise Black Noise, Paris TBA
*Le Club VJ 1.0 – Audio-visual performance: White Noise Black Noise, Paris TBA
*Tokyo – Audio-visual performance: White Noise Black Noise, TBA
*New York City – Audio-visual performance: White Noise Black Noise, TBA
*San Francisco – Audio-visual performance: White Noise Black Noise, TBA
*Maryland – Audio-visual performance: White Noise Black Noise, Stockholm TBA
*Subkult – Audio-visual performance: White Noise Black Noise, Denmark 03.11 2012
*Fylkingen – Audio-visual performance: White Noise Black Noise, Stockholm TBA
*Fotografiska – live visuals, Stockholm 29.09 2012
*Volt Festival (Ström i P2, SR) – Audio-visual collaboration w/ Andreas Tilliander aka. Mokria, Uppsala Koncert & Kongress 09.06 2012
*Bonniers Konsthall/Art Gallery – Audio-visual performance: White Noise Black Noise, Stockholm 17.02 2012
*The Zone Nightclub (Jazzhuset) – Audio-visual performance: White Noise Black Noise, Gothenburg 28.01 2012
*Aftermath – Audio-visual performance: White Noise Black Noise, Stockholm 21.10 2011
*Daimon Life (Tidningsutgivarna, Fotografiska) – Live visuals, Stockholm 20.10 2011
*Audiorama (Norbergfestival) – live audio-visual collaboration with There Are No More Four Seasons, Norberg 30.07 2011
*Volt Festival (Ström i P2, SR) – live visuals: Urbanature, in collaboration with Aoi Yamaguchi [JP/US] for Ben Klock (Berghain) [DE], Uppsala Koncert & Kongress 11.06 2011
*Volt Festival (Ström i P2, SR) – Audio-visual performance: White Noise Black Noise, Uppsala Koncert & Kongress 11.06 2011
*Vision´r Festival – Audio-visual performance: White Noise Black Noise, Paris 14.05 2011
*Video Art Festival (Videogud)/Audio-visual Loop Party #02 (Högskolan Dalarna University College) - Live visuals for Samuel “Loop-Tok” Andersson, Falun 06.05 2011
*Video Art Festival (Videogud)/Audio-visual Loop Party #02 (Högskolan Dalarna University College) - Audio-visual performance: White Noise Black Noise, Falun 06.05 2011
*Strömbar (Ström i P2, Snotty) – Live visuals: Ström/Electricity, Stockholm 30.03 2011
*Fylkingen (New Music and Intermedia Art) – Audio-visual performance: White Noise Black Noise, Stockholm, 03.03 2011
*Andreas Tilliander aka. Mokira (Repeatle) – Audio-visual collaboration at Swedish Quality Prize 2010 ceremony, Stockholm 03.02 2011
*Fylkingen (New Music and Intermedia Art) – Audio-visual performance: Alter Modern Times, Stockholm 27.12 2010
*The Impact of Sound and Images (Högskolan Dalarna University College, Magasinet) – Audio-visual performance: Alter Modern Times, Falun, 11.11 2010
*Dagens Nyheter (Classical Masterpieces Remixed) – Live visuals, Stockholm 14.10 2010
*Berwaldhallen (Sveriges Radio) – Live visuals: Chambertronika, Stockholm 14.10 2010
*Video Riot (Pixel Lab, Museum of World Culture) – Live visuals, Gothenburg 01.10 2010
*Hobab Film & Television – live visuals for a motion picture, Stockholm 24.09 2010
*Norberg Festival (Mimerlaven, Kraftwerk) – Live visuals: Alter Modern Times (rmx), 29-31.07 2010
*Volt Festival (Ström i P2, SR) – Audio-visual performance: Alter Modern Times, Uppsala Koncert & Kongress, 05.06 2010
*Konstfack (The Spring Party) – Live visuals, Stockholm 03.06 2010
*Konstfack (The course Theories Methods and Practices) – Audio-visual performance: Alter Modern Times, Stockholm, 31.05 2010
*Elektronmusikstudion EMS/Electroacoustic Music in Sweden (Rikskonserter/Swedish Concerts) – Live visuals, Stockholm 24.05 2010
*Hvorslev Art Association – Audio-visual performance: Alter Modern Times, Ulstrup Castle, Aarhus, Denmark 16-17.04 2010
*O-Space (One Arm Red) multimedia/acoustic jam – Audio-visual performance: Alter Modern Times, New York City 04.03 2010
*Share NYC (Issue Project Room) multimedia jam – Audio-visual performance: Alter Modern Times, New York City 21.02 and 14.03 2010
*Drumcode Records – live visuals/VJ-ing, Münchenbryggeriet/Skyddsrummet, Stockholm 25.12 2009
*Kruthuset – live visuals, 14.08 2009
*Färgfabriken (OSC09) – live visuals, 14.08 2009
*Volt Festival (Ström i P2, SR) – live visuals, Uppsala Koncert & Kongress 06.06 2009
*New Media Meeting – live visuals, Norrköping, 30.05 2009
*Arts Birthday (Ström i P2, SR) – live visuals, Södra Teatern, Stockholm 16.01 2009
*Nätverket SIP – live visuals, Växjö 02.12 2008
*Structure Sthlm – live visuals at underground club, Stockholm 24.10
*Swedish VJ Union Jam (Berns Salonger/2.35:1) – live visuals, Stockholm 17.10 2008
*New Media Meeting – live visuals, Norrköping 19-20.09 2008
*Play (Berns Salonger/Arkaden) – live visuals, Stockholm 15.08 2008
*Norberg Festival – live visuals, 24-26.07 2008
*Konstfack – Audio-visual collaboration with Max Sokoleski, Stockholm 23.05 2008
*Aroma Music/Stockholm-Berlin part 2 (Goethe Institute, Embassy of Sweden) – live visuals at Marie Laveau, Stockholm 11.04 2008
*Aroma Music/Stockholm-Berlin part 1 (Goethe Institute, Embassy of Sweden) – live visuals at 103 Club, Berlin 29.03 2008
*Pixelvärk (Berns Salonger/2.35:1) – live visuals, Stockholm, 07.10 2007
*New Media Meeting – live visuals, Norrköping, 21.09-22.09 2007
*Norberg Festival – live visuals at Svaj Showcase, 28.07 2007
*Arvika Festival – live action painting “Love in the forest” 2006, ”Chemicals” 2007
*Svaj Klubb – resident visual artist: live visuals, Stockholm, 13 evenings 2006-2007
SELECTION OF COMMISSIONS
*Färgfabriken – Web design and code tweaks (WordPress), h-a-c-k.se 2011
*Johan Söderberg – Postproduction on video/visuals and audio-visual glitch production for Robyns US-tour, 2011
*Plaza Magazine – Motion graphics, 2011
*Musicory (Håkan Lidbo Audio Industries) – Web design and code tweaks (WordPress), musicory.se 2011
*Aviiva (Håkan Lidbo Audio Industries) – Web design and code tweaks (WordPress), aviiva.se 2011
*Xoiiox (Håkan Lidbo Audio Industries) – Web design and code tweaks (WordPress), xoiiox.se 2011
*Heartbeats International: In Conversation With – videography and postproduction, Stockholm 29.09 2010
*Heartbeats International (AXE) – videography and post production, Stockholm and Gothenburg 11-13.08 2010
*South Of France Communication (Nikon) – design and post production of photo/video presentations, incl. DVD, Riga 07.05 2010
*Swop Art Gallery – videography and postproduction, Stockholm 2010
*The Guerrilla Market, fashion store – graphic profile incl. web design/code 2010
*Charlotte Antser: Retromantic – cat walk photography and live video installation, Kulturhuset/Lava, Stockholm 09.04 2010
*Friday Night Super Coda: New and Experimental Cabaret Extraordinaire – photography of performances, Cafe Orwell, New York City 21.03 2010
*Chiseki: Traces of Nature – photography of art performance, 310 Lounge, published in Cacao Mag (Taiwan/China/Sweden/USA) New York City 2010
*Håkan Lidbo Audio Industries – web design and code tweaks (WordPress), hakanlidbo.com 2009
*Private celebration – photography, London 23.05 2009
*Designgalleriet, product and portrait photography, 2008
*The Network SIP/Nätverket SIP (Projektor) – documenting photography, Växjö 02.12 2008
*Senze Magazine, alternative fashion photography, London 04-08.09 2008
*Skelett.nu, documenting photography at Arvika Festival 2008
*Hootchy Kootchy Club (Södra Teatern) – photoshoots and edit 2008-2009
*Konstfack – photography, post production and show at lectures 2008
*Ho Chi Minh Howlers, rock band – concert photography and edit 05.01 2008
*Charlotte Antser, fashion – studio photo shoots and edit 12.01 2008
*Sköna Hem, interior design magazine – photography and post production, Stockholm and New York City 2007-2010
*Travel For You – webdesign 2007
*Hultsfredsfestival – wall painting 2007
*Q-lan – webdesigns and posters, 2005-2007
*Hultsfredsfestival 2006 – wall painting/sculpture: You + me, w/Joel Wredlert
*Joel Wredlert, furniture designer – webdesign, 2006
*High Valley, music producer collective – wall painting, 12.01-2006
*Plagg & Pjuck, fashion store in Stockholm – wall painting, 2005
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
*Café Orwell – paintings: Dislocation New York City, Brooklyn, New York City 16.03-31.03 2010
*I ♥ AG Studios – paintings, photography, visuals, Stockholm 26.01-27.01-2008
*Plagg & Pjuck – paintings, Stockholm, 17.01-26.02-2005
*Svaj Café – paintings, Stockholm, 08.05-31.08-2004
SELECTION OF GROUP EXHIBITIONS
*Färgfabriken – interactive audio-visual installation: H-A-C-K, in collaboration with Håkan Lidbo and Andreas Tilliander, Stockholm 25.08-16.10 2011
*Swop Art Gallery: Mini – video installation (11″ TV, DVD): White Cube – Black Box, Stockholm 11.06-12.07 2010
*School of Visual Arts Online – Stills of experimental audio-visual lecture on video art theory (U. Frohne) and Modul8 software, New York City 2010
*69-09 – film screening at Konstfack, Stockholm 08-15.01 2009
*Another Roadside Attraction Gallery, film screening, London 23.10 2008
*New Media Meeting, film screening, Norrköping 19-20.09 2008
*Re:Buzz, Växjö, 12.05-26.05 2007
*Konstfack, Stockholm, seven times 2004-2007
*Kulturhuset/Lava in Stockholm, at a fashion show, 22.10 2005
*Svaj Café, paintings, Stockholm, twice during 2005
*Street, alternative market in Stockholm, 27.08-28.08 2005
*Mondo, nightclub in Stockholm, Svaj 2-year anniversary, 04.09-05.09 2004
*Benassi Gallery in Stockholm, 15.04-15.05 2004
*Edsvik Art Centre in Sollentuna, installation, collaboration with Madeleine Lundberg 2003
TEACHER WORK
Berghs School of Communication – Lectures and workshops on audio-visual design at the Digital Creative/Digital Director program, Stockholm2012
*Forsbergs School for Graphic Design and Advertising – Digital Creative evening course: Motion Design – On audio-visual design, Stockholm 2012
*Forsbergs School for Graphic Design and Advertising – Graphic Design program, day lecture: Interactive Design – On WordPress, Stockholm 2012
*Forsbergs School for Graphic Design and Advertising – Evening lecture on audio-visual performance and visual jockeying, Stockholm 2011
*Forsbergs School for Graphic Design and Advertising – Graphic Design program, day lectures/workshops: On audio-visual design, Stockholm 2011
*Berghs School of Communication – Lectures and workshops on audio-visual design at the Graphic Design program, w/Håkan Lidbo, Stockholm 2011
*Högskolan Dalarna University College (Audio-visual Production) – teacher and course leader: experimental audio-visual art, history, etc, Falun 2011+
*Norbergfestival (8 bit) – Lecture/workshop on Audio-visual Performance and Visual Jockeying, Norberg 29.07 2011
*Video Art Festival (Videogud) – lecture on audio-visual performance and discussion at public seminar, Falun 06.05 2011
*Forsbergs School for Graphic Design and Advertising – lectures and workshops on audio-visual art/communication, Stockholm 2011
*Course on Audio-visual Performance and Visual Jockeying by Joel Dittrich (Transit Kulturinkubator, Konstfack) 02.02-09.03 2011
*Forsbergs School for Graphic Design and Advertising – lecture and workshop on audio-visual art/communication, Stockholm, 25.11 2010
*Högskolan Dalarna University College (Audio-visual Production) – Workshop on the Modul8 software, Falun, 11.11 2010
*Högskolan Dalarna University College (Audio-visual Production) – Lecture on audiovisual artist as a profession, Falun, 16.09 2010
*Raketa – Workshop on live visuals, 10.08 2010
*Deer Inspiration, agency – workshops and theory on drawing and photography, Stockholm 21.06-01.07 2010
*School of Visual Arts, university – Experimental audio-visual lecture on video art theory (U. Frohne), New York City 16.03 2010 (as student)
*New Media Meeting/Nordic Visual 2 – Lecture and workshop on live visuals, starting in the Formless-theory (G. Bataille), 30.05 2009
*Kärrtorps Gymnasium (Bilda), upper secondary school – Interactive media, mars-june 2009
*RHS-Gymnasiet, upper secondary school – Webdesign and graphic design, Stockholm 2009
*Sigtuna College, art education – Lecture and workshop on live visuals, 08-09.12 2008
*Konstfack, University College of Arts, Crafts and Design – Lecture and workshop on live visuals, Stockholm 2008 (teacher training)
*Riddarfjärdens Gymnasium, upper secondary school – Graphic design, photography and media communication, 2006-2007 (teacher training)
*Q-lan, recreation centre - Photography and video production, four terms part time evenings and weekends, january 2005 – january 2007
*Eriksdalsskolan, secondary school – Fine art, four terms part time 2004-2006 (teacher training)
*Sofielundskolan, secondary school – Fine art, one semester 2002
EDUCATION – Konstfack University College of Arts Crafts and Design, Stockholm
*The History of Photography and Video Art, Department of Fine Art, 22.5 ECTS, 2010-2011
*Theories, Methods and Practices, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, 30 ECTS, 2009-2010
*Advanced Digital Image Treatment, Department of Graphic Design and Illustration, 1.5 ECTS, 2009
*Teacher Program: Art, Design and Visual Culture, specialized on live audio visuals, Department of Art Teacher Education, BA/270 ECTS, 2004-2009
EDUCATION – Further and preparatory
*Experimental Music and Sound Art, Department of Musicology and Performance Studies, Stockholm University, 15 ECTS, 2011
*EMS, The Electronic Music Studio, Studio Course #01, Stockholm 2011
*Motion Graphics and Post Production, Department of Communication, Södertörn University College, 7.5 ECTS, Stockholm 2010-2011
*The Fourth Dimension: Video, Space and The Broken Screen, Department of Art History, School of Visual Arts, New York City 2010
*Abstracting the figure, Department of Fine Art, Parsons New School For Design, New York City 2010
*Nyckelviksskolan – Art, Craft and Design, Stockholm, 2003-2004
*Audio technique and local radio broadcasting, Rudbeck School, Stockholm 2001-2002
*Upper secondary school; The Media Program – Graphic Design and Audio & Radio Production, Stockholm, 1999-2002
*Comprehensive School, Stockholm, 9 years
CONFERENCES /LECTURES /WORKSHOPS AS PARTICIPATOR
*MadMapper workshop on projection video mapping, w/Ilan Katin (Garage Cube) and Pedro Zaz (United VJs), Berlin 2011
*Stormfield lecture on audio-visual performance w/Ableton Live and VDMX, Norbergfestival, Norberg 2011
*MaxMSP tutorial on sound, 3rd Ward Design Center, New York City 2010
*On Notation, Parsons New School For Design, New York City 2010
*Mapping sound in art, Unsound Festival, New York City 2010
*The future of college art education, Sigtuna Folkhögskola/College 2008
*Lectures on real-time video manipulation, Mapping Festival, Geneva Switzerland 2008
*Creative Business Planning, SSES Konstfack, Stockholm 2006
OTHER MERITS
Volt: The Festival for Electronic Music – Curator for live visuals, audio-visual performances, etc. (Ström i P2, Sveriges Radio, Uppsala Koncert & Kongress) 2011+
*Forsbergs School for Graphic Design and Advertising – Director at the Digital Creative program, Stockholm 2011+
*Technical consultant – Specifying hard- and software investments for the Audio-visual Production program at Högskolan Dalarna University College 2010-2011
*New York City – Lived in an artist loft, studied and worked with audio-visual art and participated in the local scene, 13.01 – 02.04 2010
*Swedish VJ Union – Cofounder. We are aiming to gain knowledge and business opportunities for audio-visual performance/Visual Jockeying, 2008+
*Mapping Festival (Geneva) – Went there to interview international audio-visual artists for my diploma thesis, 2008
*Lowe Forever AB – Internship as AD-assistant at advertising and communication agency, Stockholm 11.03-31.05 2002
MEDIA APPEARANCE AND PUBLISHING
*Burlesque Bastards – A book about the Hootchy Kootchy Club (Voltaire Publishing/Kraft&Kultur). 11 photographs published, released 24 sept 2011
*Theories, Methods and Practices – A book comprised of 10 essays published w/ support from Konstfack. My essay is about audio-visual art and augmented reality, 2011
*Ström i P2, Swedish Public Service Radio – interviewed as audio-visual artist and VJ, 30.03 2011
*Cap & Design #04, Swedens biggest design magazine – interviewed as visual artist, 2009
*Bild i skolan, art teacher magazine – interviewed as emerging art teacher, 2009
*SR Metropol, Swedish Public Service Radio – interviewed as visual artist, 2008
*City, daily news paper in Stockholm – interviewed as visual artist, 2006
*SVT, Swedish Public Service Television – art performance What would Jesus bomb? 2005
*Situation Sthlm, magazine sold by homeless in Stockholm – exhibition critique, 2004
SOFTWARE
*Resolume Arena
*Ableton Live + Max for Live
*Mad Mapper + Mad Lab
*VDMX
*After Effects
*Quartz Composer
*Modul8
*Final Cut Pro 7
*Logic Pro
*Premiere Pro
*WordPress
*Mac OS X
*OSC/MIDI
+Plugins
HARDWARE
*LZX Industries Visionary Modular Video Syhthesizer
*Doepfer A-100 Analog Modular System
*JoMoX
+Mixers/glitchers
TOUCH
*TouchOSC (Hexler)
*Lemur (Liine)
*Performer (Konkreet Labs)
*Griid Pro (Liine)
AFFILIATIONS
Swedish VJ Union, Volt Festival, Högskolan Dalarna University College (Audio-visual Production), Forsbergs School for Graphic Design and Advertising, Berghs School of Communication, Konstfack Alumni, Fylkingen – New Music and Intermedia Art, Insigt och Flit – Föreningen Konstfacks Vänner