CV/RESUME
Name: Lotte Zuijdwijk
Sex: female
Date of birth: 15th of April 1982
Place of birth: Alkmaar, The Netherlands
EDUCATION
2008 Business plan writing course, Kunstenaars & Co, Amsterdam
2008 Workshop Quartz Composer
2002-2006 European Media Master of Art (EMMA), Image Synthesis and Computer Animation, Hogeschool v/d Kunsten Utrecht, Hilversum, The Netherlands
2002-2006 Bachelor of Design (Bdes), Hogeschool v/d Kunsten Utrecht, Hilversum, The Netherlands
2001 Illustration Design, Animation Design and Screen Production Technics, Curtin Western University of Technology, Perth, Australia (semester completed, certificates)
2000-2001 Art History, Vrije Universiteit (VU), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1994-2000 VWO, CSG Jan Arentsz, Alkmaar, The Netherlands
WORKING EXPERIENCE
2012-2004 Allround Video Jockey
Highlights:
Resident VideoJockey Holland Heineken House
Resident Videojockey Nederpopshow, VPRO
Resident Videojockey Thunderdome
Resident Videojockey Awakenings
Resident Videojockey XT3 Radio
Member VJ-duo KarmaPoliZ
Member VJ performance collective GEEKSonHEELS
VideoJockey for Dienst Nationale Recherche, for GABWorks (2009)
VideoJockey for Utrechts Literatuur Festival, Stichting Literaire Activiteiten Utrecht (2007 – 2008)
Winner Redbull VJ Contest in 2006
In 2008 and 2009 placed in the international VJ Top 20 of British magazine DJMagazine.
2010-2006 Motion Graphics Designer
2010 ‘100th Golden Dutch Medallist‘, Holland Heineken House Winter Olympics
2010 Winner Ceremony visuals for band-competition event NH Pop Live
2008 Smaak van Kwaliteit-festival, Q5, Jaarbeurs Utrecht
2004 Peter Greenaway’s ‘Tulse Luper Suitcases’, Submarine, Amsterdam
2010-2009 Digitizer at VPRO
2010-2009 Promo maker
Series of promovideos Beagle, VPRO, Hilversum (2010)
2010-2009 Videoclip Director
Bas Mooy, ‘White Pony’, with VideoCAD and Polly Pastis
Electric Jets, ‘Fire‘, with VideoCAD
The La La Lies, ‘Lies’, with VideoCAD
De Joelito, ‘Ik hou van’, with VideoCAD
Jerry’s Toy Army, ‘Last Dance’, with VideoCAD
Divine Sins, ‘And the Rest is Silence’, with VideoCAD
BeRightBack, ‘Uselessness of War’, with VideoCAD
Videoclip Blue Velvet, ‘Push’, with VideoCAD
2010-2009 Workshop-leader:
Video-workshopseries, CSG Jan Arentsz, Alkmaar
VJ-workshopseries, Artquake, Hoofddorp
VJ-workshopseries, JC Kompleks, Heerhugowaard (with VideoCAD)
2009-2007 Consulent Multimedia, venue P60, Amstelveen
2008 Chillmobiel 2008, Amsterdam
VJ, camera, editing, video-installations, working with youngsters
2008-2007 Projectleader for Moving Buildings 2008
2008-2007 Media advisor and livestream, Muiderpoort Theater, Amsterdam
2007 Projectleader of New Media Skills, P60, Amstelveen
2007 European Expert Advisor, Re:Visions Festival ’07, Warschau, Poland
2006 Graduation-research ˜Synergie in Muziekvisualisatie’
(synergy in musicvisualization)
2006 Photo-exposition ‘Miscommunication in the Digital Era’, FreeVoice
2005 Assistant projectleader ‘VJology 2005’, P60, Amstelveen
SKILLS
- Advise to cultural institutions, venues and initiatives about multimedia and videoprojection.
- Organisation
- Concepts
- Camera (Full HD)
- Video Editing
- Motion Graphics
- Live Video Mixing (veejay)
SOFTWARE
- Final Cut Pro Studio (Final Cut Pro, Motion, LiveType)
- Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects)
- Adobe Premiere
- Macromedia Studio (Flash, Dreamweaver)
- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Entourage)
- Modul8, Resolume 2, Resolume Avenue (live videomixing software)
- Flip Factory
LANGUAGES
- Dutch (well)
- English (well)
- German (sufficient)
OTHERS
Winner Redbull VJ Contest in 2006
In 2008 and 2009 placed in the international VJ Top 20 of British magazine DJMagazine.
Invited as european expert advisor for the Re:Visions Festival ’07, Warschau, Poland in 2007
HOBBIES & INTERESTS
Wavesurfing in summer, snowboarding in winter, visiting music- and art-events, making videos, making music.
Please contact me for referencies of the institutions and companies mentioned above.