who´s houyhnhnms?/delacrew
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
- Who is Delacrew?
Delacrew, more than someone, is basically an idea. The idea of making up a crew of artists with no creative boundaries, with no predefined purpose, where someone’s idea becomes an immediate objective. And we, Juanjo Ortiz, Bruno Farins and Juan Reig (Rez), are working on that idea.
- What are your projects?
Right now, the projects we’re working on are our live audiovisual broadcast of drum&bass and midtempo, the shorts, the programming of an owned software to punch in/out video, the courses on audiovisual creation for live broadcast, the postproduction of videoclips for clients, web development, the creation of a group in Asia…
- What inspires you?
We have a wide array of sources of inspiration and they’re sometimes unconnected. We’re not always inspired by something related to our universe; it’s often quite the opposite. A movement of classical music may inspire a theme of downtempo, a film of Bergman may inspire a video loop and a book of W. Gibson may inspire a script. A stroll through an unknown city, a rave, a flight, a coffee on a square… our mind works in funny ways when it comes to inspiration and its good to give it different moments to develop ideas.
- What is the future of the audiovisual art?
The future of art (of any kind) follows an exponential curve which is closely related to the technological progress. So it’s too difficult to foresee something that develops faster than us. Maybe the future of art entails humanizing the technology that surrounds us and giving positive answers to the human+technology equation.
- What is houyhnhnms for you?
Houyhnhnms is the first “selective” community we take part in, and to be honest, it is very exciting and comforting to know that the people we share virtuality with have such high standards and support your work. On the other hand, it is a place for inspiration and meditation where we can sound out our contemporary creativity. Also, its interface is one of the best I’ve seen.
