Tandem

09/14/2018

Here is a teaser of the immersive visual experience viewers will watch in celebration of 100 years of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. The team of Xitelabs (formerly Tandem Digital and V Squared Labs) will be performing live interactive visual art to the music using and and

08/24/2018

08/24/2018

New entity formed - merged with my friend and partner Vello Virkhaus and his great company V Squared Labs. Here we go!

XiteLabs is a specialized creative team working at the intersection of visual art and technology

04/29/2018

The Qiddiya ground breaking show featured our visual artwork and set design for the mapping scenic.

The project targets local, regional and international tourists and will be Saudi Arabia’s pre-eminent entertainment, sports and cultural destination that embodies the Saudi identity. It is expected to be the world’s largest entertainment city by 2030, with a total area of 334 square kilometers.

We were so proud to be a part of the future of Saudi Arabia and work with all the amazing artists, musicians, choreographers, producers and animators for this historic occasion.

01/21/2018

Tandem Digital, in partnership with V Squared Labs, created 17 visual creations for Psychedelic Pop Group Tame Impala for their headliner performance at the 2017 Panorama Music Festival in NYC.

Our roster of 3D artists, motion designers, editors, VJs, programmers and producers burned many midnight’s worth of oil developing a visual spectacle for one of our favorite bands. As per the vision of Willo Perron and his creative staff at Willo Perron Associates, the show’s visuals are a constant dance between real time generated visuals, image-based animation and live camera-feed effects. The combination of these styles dropped attendees into a 1960’s – 2020’s time warp. With a largely chromatic palette and many twists of both analog and digital k***s, the content playing across the 200-foot wide LED screens doused a blissful crowd with sporadic peeks at lead singer Kevin Parker’s apparition as he floated into focus, reflected in fractals on the screen and in the minds of the super-psyched fans.

Software packages employed include: Maya, Lightwave, Cinema 4D, After Effects, Premiere, Touch Designer, Luminosity, and Resolume

Comments all over social media sang the praise of the visual show. Please forgive their over-excited use of foul language!

01/19/2018

New TANDEM website and portfolio! Shared it around, thanks!

10/28/2017

Another fun gig we did for Disney Channel with Brite Ideas - Complete Technical Solutions. Tandem did the animation art in the LED cube.

Music video by Milo Manheim, Meg Donnelly, Kylee Russell performing BAMM. (C) 2017 Walt Disney Records http://vevo.ly/f3l2cQ

10/18/2017

When the University of California Irvine approached us about creating a custom-designed set piece, content, and playback, we were very excited! There is nothing more exciting than generating a totally original physical design element, having it produced by a great fabrication company (thanks to Goodnight and Co!), and being able to create meaningful content to tie it all together. We used D3 systems to map, program and run content for the show. Projection was handled excellently (as always) by the experienced team at Brite Ideas. Many thanks to UCI, and the generous donation by the Samueli family, which is funding the new College of Health Sciences, and the trickle down effects into our creative world!

08/19/2017

Tandem Digital Entertainment and V Squared Labs overview reel for Tame Impala's concert at the Panorama Festival in NYC in July 2017. Watch in HD!