VJ BOOTCAMP WITH MRGHOSTY (MB) | 11AM-5PM
Eastern Edge Gallery
Free Admission
VJ bootcamp is a one-day intensive VJ training workshop where participants will learn the basic skills required to create, rip, edit and process video footage for live performance. Workshop participants will learn how to mix and manipulate video in real time to live music, and then be given the chance to perform at the 24 HAM Fest closing night alongside Mrghosty. Sponsored by BALLISTIC SKATE & SNOW.
Mrghosty (Skot Deeming) is a VJ and media artist from Winnipeg Manitoba. His live video sets are a combination of found footage, live feeds and custom animations that are played back using midi controllers and modified video game gear. His work has been performed, screened and installed in galleries, festivals and clubs across Canada.
COMMUNITY BBQ | NOON-2PM
Eastern Edge Parking Lot
Have a meal and support a local community organization at the Eastern Edge! For the Love of Learning is an ambitious, arts-based education and employment non-profit, helping Newfoundland and Labrador youth overcome social and/or economic obstacles. For more information visit www.ftlol.org.
MUSIC NIGHT AT THE ROSE & THISTLE | 8PM-10PM
Rose & Thistle (208 Water Street)
$10 Admission
This evening of music begins with Henry Adam Svec (ON) performing The Lost Stompin’ Tom Songs. Stompin’ Tom is a celebrated populist who writes exceedingly patriotic songs about life in Canada. Yet, what if there was a moment in his aesthetic development when he explored other possibilities? Henry Adam Svec’s performances blend a variety of forms, including the academic lecture, singer/songwriter stage banter, and folk music.
After Henry Svec’s performance open your ears to local troubadours Matthew Hornell and the Diamond Minds. This group is gaining momentum intently and tenaciously. In a short amount of time, they’ve fostered a loyal following eager to move to their relentless offering of raw energy and euphonious melodies. The Diamond Minds are Matthew Hornell, John Bungay, Paddy Bryne, and Joshua Bourden.
SWEATSHOPPE VIDEO PAINTING | 10PM-MIDNITE
Fortis Properties Parking Lot (Harbour Drive)
Free Admission
Media art collective SWEATSHOPPE has developed a technology dubbed “video painting” that uses cameras, projectors, and computer vision software to track a paint roller, projecting video wherever it moves to create the illusion that video is being applied to a surface. During the festival, SWEATSHOPPE, will paint live video collages, layering videos on top of another creating constantly evolving compositions and narration. Sponsored by BALLISTIC SKATE & SNOW and FORTIS PROPERTIES.
SWEATSHOPPE is a new multimedia art collective that works at the intersection of art, music and technology. Whether it be as a dance driven electronic music performance that emphasizes 3D visuals, the development of interactive installations, or the fabrication of guerrilla technologies to augment public space, the duo strives towards an element of pop accessibility that is so often ignored in the technocentric world of experimental media. Website: www.sweatshoppe.org
