Who is Vidier?

Vidier is Didier Jansen, who at some point in his life had to choose between DJ'ing and VJ'ing. Luckily he made a wise choice and chose the latter, mainly because his artist name was too attractive not to use. Growing up in the computer age, and using programs like Photoshop from a relatively young age, he has always been a fan of cut and paste techniques. This started when he discovered the magic of manipulating still photography, and thereby manipulating reality in a sense, but it led to taking old materials and creating something new out of it. This, he found, was also a very satisfying way of creating moving images, as there is a plethora of footage to be found anywhere these days. This can be used for comic effect, but also for surrealistic purposes.

Vidier has a passion for anything that has to do with recursive pictures, or for the concept of infinity an sich. Whereas in daily life nothing is infinite, visual art can achieve this with simple tricks, giving us humans a glimpse of the eternity we'll never achieve ourselves. Other themes in his work are abandoned television sets and the dance-like qualities of ridiculously good skateboarders.

In a distant, but not too distant past he worked as a light technician at rock shows, giving him a steady hand when it comes to synchronizing visuals live to the music. He shows his work in the Amsterdam club scene together with his longtime friend DaanDirk.