Zebbler (Peter Berdovsky) is a visual artist and the video jockey for Shpongle, EOTO, and The Zebbler Encanti experience. Oringally from Belarus, Berdoysky graduated from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 2006.[1] Zebbler originally gained worldwide fame for the 2007 Boston bomb scare and subsequent news conference.[2] Later in 2007, Zebbler was named the 12th best VJ in the world according to DJ Magazine's "Top 20 VJ Poll."[3]
Boston Bomb Scare
editThe Boston bomb scare, AKA "The Moonite Incident" occured on January 31, 2007. During this incident, also dubbed "Boston Mission 1" and "Boston Mission 2," Zebbler and Sean Stevens put up close to 40 battery powered LED Ignignokt shaped signs around the city of Boston as "subvertising" for the upcoming Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters. However, Boston police found the signs to have similar characteristics to improvised explosive devices. These characteristics included a circuit board, power source, exposed wiring, and electrical tape. The police responding by sending in a large amount of emergency vehicles, including the Boston Police Department bomb squad. The event cost the parent company, Turner Broadcasting System, along with Interference Inc., $2 million. One million went to the Boston police department, while the other million went to Department of Homeland Security. As a result, the head of Cartoon Network resigned.[4]
Shpongletron
editThe Shpongletron was designed by Zebbler for Shpongle's 2011 US Tour. It consists of a DJ booth for Shpongle, surrounded by custom screens and surfaces that have video mapped images projected onto them. The unit debuted at Shpongle's 2 NYE shows.[5] On the botton of the audiovisual installation, also dubbed "The Shpongletron Experience," are three white painted scaffolding cubes that are covered by translucent screen. The six foot Shpongle Mask is also a 3-D projection surface, along with wings and an eye that are both covered in projection material. The custom welded eye also has an embedded laser.[6]
EOTO
editZebbler began touring with EOTO in the spring of 2011. During this tour, he used custom Fourier analysis of EOTO's live sounds to trigger pre-made visual events. Closed circuit cameras, along with user submitted visuals, were also used.[7] During the Spring of 2012, EOTO will again be accompanied by Zebbler for the Time Illusion Tour. Debuted will be a 3-D video mapped lotus flower, similar to the "Shpongle Mask."
References
edit- ^ http://gcmag.org/electric-forest-2011-zebbler/
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJkTNJ7BM9I
- ^ http://news.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/general/view.bg?articleid=1043040
- ^ http://money.cnn.com/2007/02/09/news/newsmakers/cartoon_network/
- ^ http://www.blog.peacemagazine.com/2011/01/23/shpongletron-in-action/
- ^ http://blogs.westword.com/backbeat/2011/04/shpongletron_designer_peter_be.php
- ^ http://www.eotomusic.org/2011/02/eoto-video-challenge-announcement/
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