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 EXCEEDA

Exceeda return to Optronica after their blinding IMAX performance in 2005 but this time to the ICA for the club night.  The duo of edit master DVJ:X aka Xavier Perkins and scratch turntablist and DJ producer Tom Guest are one of the UK's most dynamic live AV acts and VJ teams.  Romping through graphic styles and cultural references, Exceeda push the frontiers of AV by raiding archives, remixing film samples and constructing original beats alongside experimental sounds to create a truly live multiscreen cinematic experience that combines a huge variety of imagery and contemporary music.
    
Applying their innovative editing skills to producing trailers, idents and ads, they've worked for MTV, FilmFour, Channel 4, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, Panasonic, Smirnoff and Nike.  They've also created work for Warp Records, drum 'n' bass artists London Elektricity and for projects such as Addictive TV's ITV1 music series Mixmasters.  Live they've played at Cinedays in Brussels, Netmage in Italy, Videa in Barcelona, Chicago Film Festival, SAT in Montreal as well as events in France, Germany, Poland, Spain, Denmark, along with Glastonbury, The Big Chill and Essential festivals in the UK.  In London they also run short film and visual oriented night 4x4

  

Exceeda won the Diesel-U-Music best VJ Award 2003, were voted in the top ten of world VJs by DJ Magazine 2004 and are currently working on their long-awaited debut DVD album, some of which will be shown in the Optronica LoungeExceeda will also be giving two workshops in the BFI Studio space, click here for times.

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