Artwork
Uleshka got into VeeJaying in 2002 with her unique Flash animation collages of Tokyo architecture, people and culture. She teamed up with underground DJ Ill Pitecantropo Eretto and founded the artist-duo JIN. They were only active for three years, but made it into the permanent collection of the Pompidou Centre, Paris with their audio-visual installation “Water”.
JIN at the D-Day exhibition, Centre Pompidou, Paris
JIN was part of the D-Day exhibition at the Centre Pompidou, Paris with their group installation “Five Elements”: Five groups of visual artists and musicians (JIN, Pfadfinderei, François Chalet, Bowling Club, Skolz Kolgen) each designed a 5.1 dolby surround audio-visual piece which consisted of five connected videos each displayed on five screens arranged in a semi-circle. JIN chose the element “Water” and created a highly experimental piece which was bought by the Centre Pompidou for their permanent collection in 2007.
« The Five Elements » from Label Dalbin on Vimeo.
JIN Europe Tour
JIN performed in various known and unknown locations in Europe in 2003 and 2004. Amongst them were the Royal College of Art, London, UK, the ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany and the international all-night arts festival Nuit Blanche in Paris, France. JIN created and performed a one hour audio-visual live set in the Cité Universitaire Internationale, Paris along with Pfadfinderei, François Chalet and Bowling Club.
Some VJ snippets:
Below are some short moments from past JIN performances. All ancient .swf files / might take a moment to load unfortunately.
JIN’s most widely known and much loved construction worker, who accepted an unplugged microphone in his lunch break on a Tokyo playground cheerfully making up songs.Click to play.
Japanese Samba Birds. Click to play.
Every day Tokyo subway vibe… Click to play.
A blissful moment of quietness. Click to play.
Introducing the characters of the one hour KOKO set and their varying professions. Click to play.
A longer piece and most authentic piece of what it was like to perform back in the days. Music somewhere between Ubiquity, Wim Wenders and psychodelic insanity. Abstract clouds and umbrella graphics meet a mad street artist in the end. CAUTION: This one is data heavy – but worth the wait. Click to play if you have a good internet connection.
ON events
Monthly CD releases of previous ON events
ON events were legendary monthly underground parties at Seco Bar, Tokyo (the original gritty event space under the railway) – with and hosted by JIN. Artists coming to play included L?K?O, Pfadfinderei, inteLLigent miLLi vaniLLi, DJ Grinch, DJ Deka, Missing Man Foundation, Pfeuti, Random Chick (Setsuko Fujiwara), Ortea (Shigehiro Tsubota & Kumiko Okamura), Chris Palmieri, Duranduranduran & MC Potato King, …