Festival on the Hill: DJ/VJ Dance Party
Hidden Cat
Thursday, 9:30 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.
Gerrard Hall
Free and open to the public
Student, local and visiting DJs will perform from the balconies in this historic building while VJs, or video jockeys, project videos on screens around dancers on the main floor. The Bathysphere, a project described in the program’s exhibition information, runs during the party, allowing participants the chance to interact with motion capture technology during the evening.
Your performers for the night are:
Hidden Cat
Hidden Cat is Madison Bullard—a producer, DJ and sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 2009, Hidden Cat made a name for himself on the Internet, receiving favorable track reviews from Rolling Stone, The FADER and numerous other blogs. His original productions and remixes have gotten international support from DJs such as Boys Noize and Erol Alkan. Hidden Cat organizes a monthly party at Talulla’s in Chapel Hill called Prime Time of Your Life and regularly DJs for WXYC.
DJ Misty Touch
Sarah Carrier (DJ Misty Touch) is a graduate student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A veteran club and radio DJ, Misty Touch got her start at UNC’s student-run radio station, WXYC. She has been collecting records since her mother bestowed the family collection upon her when she was an adolescent. Carrier lives in Raleigh with her three-legged dog.
DJ One Duran
A two-time graduate from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a lifelong beat junkie and Chapel Hill DJ for the past 10 years, DJ One Duran (Darren Hunnicut) has helped throw the Disco Inferno, Dyssembler and 1200 Problems parties, blending hip-hop and club tunes with experimental bass music from across the globe. He also co-hosts WXYC’s New Science Experience mix show, focusing on dubstep, minimal techno and UK funky house.
Luke Miller
Luke Miller is a finishing an MS in information science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has been working with video since 1996 and is a DJ at WXYC Chapel Hill.
Adam Rogers
Adam Rogers is a student of library and information science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He got his start making video art for warehouse parties in Charlottesville, VA, under the name Videonics. There, he also co-produced a public access TV show called Tesseract. His visual style is heavily influenced by the obsolete and circuit-bent video gear he performs with.
Gerrard Hall
Free and open to the public
Student, local and visiting DJs will perform from the balconies in this historic building while VJs, or video jockeys, project videos on screens around dancers on the main floor. The Bathysphere, a project described in the program’s exhibition information, runs during the party, allowing participants the chance to interact with motion capture technology during the evening.
Your performers for the night are:
Hidden Cat
Hidden Cat is Madison Bullard—a producer, DJ and sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 2009, Hidden Cat made a name for himself on the Internet, receiving favorable track reviews from Rolling Stone, The FADER and numerous other blogs. His original productions and remixes have gotten international support from DJs such as Boys Noize and Erol Alkan. Hidden Cat organizes a monthly party at Talulla’s in Chapel Hill called Prime Time of Your Life and regularly DJs for WXYC.
DJ Misty Touch
Sarah Carrier (DJ Misty Touch) is a graduate student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A veteran club and radio DJ, Misty Touch got her start at UNC’s student-run radio station, WXYC. She has been collecting records since her mother bestowed the family collection upon her when she was an adolescent. Carrier lives in Raleigh with her three-legged dog.
DJ One Duran
A two-time graduate from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a lifelong beat junkie and Chapel Hill DJ for the past 10 years, DJ One Duran (Darren Hunnicut) has helped throw the Disco Inferno, Dyssembler and 1200 Problems parties, blending hip-hop and club tunes with experimental bass music from across the globe. He also co-hosts WXYC’s New Science Experience mix show, focusing on dubstep, minimal techno and UK funky house.
Luke Miller
Luke Miller is a finishing an MS in information science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has been working with video since 1996 and is a DJ at WXYC Chapel Hill.
Adam Rogers
Adam Rogers is a student of library and information science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He got his start making video art for warehouse parties in Charlottesville, VA, under the name Videonics. There, he also co-produced a public access TV show called Tesseract. His visual style is heavily influenced by the obsolete and circuit-bent video gear he performs with.
