Title: Live Performers Meeting 2010 Date: 2010-06-15 00:00 Category: blog Author: Kiritan Flux Slug: live-performers-meeting-2010 Tags: vjism, festival, english, gonzo ![](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4069/4655710003_d3fed3e009.jpg) I arrived back to rainy Berlin today after a visit of our friends at [Live Performers Meeting](http://liveperformersmeeting.net/) in sunny Rome. Trapped in the organisation mode for our [festival](http://festival.visualberlin.org/) I paid a lot of attention to how the things were planned and organised there. I was happy and relieved to see the similarities in approach, planning and improvisation of the whole [LPM](http://liveperformersmeeting.net/) crew and the VisualBerlin family here. Love and passion for the artform and a big interest in community building are the main keys to make it happen. I picked up a few tricks here and there and exchanged experiences with the [LPM](http://liveperformersmeeting.net/) team. In comparison to the last [Live Performers Meetings](http://liveperformersmeeting.net/) this year it was a very straightforward and relaxed atmosphere with a very good mix of interested and sociable artists - where I never had the impression that too many things happened at the same time or I'd be anxious that I'd miss something - a feeling I remembered from the years before. The artists and performers at [LPM](http://liveperformersmeeting.net/) were very interested in our festival here - some will definetly also come here while others were sad that they won't be able to attend. I put up some posters at the [Brancaleone](http://new.brancaleone.eu/) venue and spread flyers and once in a while caught a glimpse of curious artists reading our line-up or discussing Berlin related issues. A few people approached me and asked questions or simply wanted to tell me how much they liked the eye-catching design of the promotion material (props to fRED & E-Gruppe!) ![](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4034/4656329284_8366261148.jpg) I saw amazing audiovisual performances and great VJ-Sets. My favorite shows were definetly the epic metal duo [Throw Up](http://www.myspace.com/throwupmetal) from France with their hand-drawn animation and collage based visual storytelling - and of course the jaw-drop digital hardcore show of [Lance Blisters](http://festival.visualberlin.org/artist/lance-blisters-deus/), who will also play at our festival! Mille grazie to Gianluca, Ioann, Marco, Valeria, Donatella & Co.