In April, Notam invites you to a four-day Live Visuals workshop with video artist A-li-ce.
If you're curious about Live Visuals, this course could be for you. Live Visuals is an exciting and constantly evolving field with many opportunities for creative and artistic work, and with the Resolume Arena software you can easily get started with advanced work in no time. If Live Visuals may seem complicated, the idea behind this course is to teach participants solid and good working methods on their way into this field.
Individual counselling will be provided along the way, and group work will also be encouraged.
The aim of the course
The aim of the course is to provide a basic overview of Live Visual performance and VJ practice, enabling participants to produce their own work after the course. The course requires no prior knowledge, and both professional performers and beginners are welcome.
The course provides in-depth training in the theoretical foundations, Resolume Arena software and the artistic workflow of Live Visuals. This will be particularly useful for artists, musicians, performers, technicians and others who work with, for example, visual art, lighting technology, set design, video, film, sound and music.
Live Visuals and Resolume
Live Visuals can be described as the real-time production and manipulation of visual elements such as video, animation and graphics performed live, often synchronised with audio. For example, you can use a combination of pre-recorded media, live camera feeds and image processing, displayed on screens, projectors or other surfaces. Live Visuals are central to everything from concerts, theatre and clubs to art installations and experimental film.
Technical solutions for working with live media have been around for a long time, but in recent years the tools have become readily available and easy to use. Many new opportunities for creative visual work have opened up in recent years, making it easier to learn the basic techniques.
The software we use in this course is Resolume Arena, which offers powerful real-time video mixing capabilities, advanced projection mapping, multi-screen output, lighting control (DMX) and much more. In Resolume Arena, you can work with complex forms of Live Visuals in a simple way. Resolume Arena is available for macOS and Windows.
Read more about Live Visuals and Resolume here:
https://www.resolume.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VJing
More about the course
In this course, we will dive into the field of Live Visual performance, and you will develop your own project in combination with sound and/or space and movement. The course combines theory, technique and practical application. You will get a historical overview of Live Visual performance and the archaeology of VJ and Live Visuals practices in visual art, film and music.
The course provides an in-depth and solid review of the Resolume Arena software, including video mapping. Furthermore, we will look at the technical workflow for Live Visuals, including video codecs, hardware devices and video projectors. We will also conduct live experiments and improvisation sessions along the way.
During the course, you will have the opportunity to work both individually and collectively. The course ends with a presentation, where we can share the creative process with the audience. We will design the space and the event together.
About the teacher
Claire Fristot / A-li-ce (b. 1981) is a Berlin-based visual and video artist, specialising in audiovisual performance, installation and film.
Her art combines digital and traditional techniques and has been shown at numerous museums and media art festivals, including ZKM, Deutsches Historisches Museum, Goethe Institut Bucharest, CTM-Festival (DE), Stuttgarter Filmwinter (DE), Mapping Festival (CH), Mira (ES), RoBOt Festival (IT) and B-Seite (DE).
Claire Fristot also works with theatre and dance groups as a video scenographer. She has been leading masterclasses in live visual art in art and educational institutions across Europe since 2011, with a special focus on attracting more women to the field. She is a founding member of the Berlin-based feminist VJ art collective Trial and Theresa and a founding member of the VJ Open Lab community.
Course schedule
Day 1
Theory: historical overview of Live Visual performance and the archaeology of VJ practice in visual art, film and music.
Software: Resolume Arena software tutorial part 1, mixing interface 1.
Technical workflow and video codecs for Live Visuals.
Day 2
Theory: Live Visual performance as a practice of memory and visual music.
Software: Resolume Arena software tutorial part 2, mixing interface 2.
Project development part 1 and live experiments.
Collective live improvisation.
Day 3
Theory: analogies between montage processes (film, performance, theatre) and current thinking on storytelling and ecosystems.
Software: Resolume Arena software tutorial part 3, video mapping interface.
Project development part 2.
Day 4
Hardware tools for larger live visual setups: hardware devices, video projectors.
Project development part 3 and live experiments.
Public presentation.
Every day starts with a body and movement warm-up.
Practical information
Registration deadline: 13 April 2026
Time: 27 - 30 April 2026, 11:00-18:00
Price: 2500,- kroner
Language: English
Teacher: Claire Fristot aka A-li-ce
Location: Notam, Oslo
Number of places: 12
Resolume Software is an official partner of this workshop and participants will receive a temporary Resolume Arena serial number to use throughout the course. Participants must bring their own laptop. If you do not have your own computer, please contact Notam.
This course is created in collaboration with Eili Bråstad.
There are a limited number of places. Your place on the course is confirmed upon payment.
12 available seats
