I am proud to announce that InitLive is now officially supported by the AViT network. AViT is a movement to further VJ practices. Its history goes back to 2002 when the AViT festival happened in Leeds/UK – for the first time bringing together VJs from around the world to collaborate and share ideas and knowledge and show their work. From then on the festival spread over the world with events in Germany and the US to follow. In the meantime it matured in the UK to a highly organized event with public funding culminating in the AViT Birmingham in 2005. Trademark disputes and shakeups in the group led to a rethink of strategy for AViT thereafter and a group of dedicated organizers from around the world who have been involved with either AViT or their own events have now formed an organization that is bend on furthering the VJ art form by giving logistic and networking support to big and small local VJ festivals around the world that share their vision of participation, collaboration and sharing knowledge.

A new website that will hosts events, knowledge and interviews with vjs held at the festivals (vjtalks) will be launched very soon. The European devision of AViT is also in the process of forming a very official trans-european organization.

The website can be reached soon at http://avit.info.