Hear the image. See the sound. Time travel, to the early days of visual electronica.

Over 15 years ago, Emil Bardh, Olof Schröder, Emmanuel and Jonatan Moreno performed Procrastinatus at the New Media Meeting using Albeton Live and Resolume.

The landscape of visual electronica was a different world back then, as was the interconnected electronic ecosystem. New social media offerings like Facebook were forging a zeitgeist, replacing Myspace for popularity and the creative tools still in early release. The new media meeting described to embody “contemporary digital culture and knowledge production by inviting artists, scientists, and audiences from around the world” augurs to this tune. The developing concepts, mainstay today, were being forged in experimentation. “The video is the result of an experiment in letting audio and visual loops come together in a live performance. The concept is to allow sound and image to interact in order to create a synchronized experience,” say Procrastinatus, who remain active today. “Emil is the visual wizard, Olof and Emmanuel are beat crushing music machines and Jonatan is the mix master. We have performed live- and DJ-sets together since 2008.” 

It has been over a decade since Procrastinatus was first screened at the Perth Cultural Centre Screen, coinciding with the debut of the Fringe World prototype.

In 2025, we revisit this pioneering project with a special 78-minute screening of the original 2009 audio-visual performance.