VC | EP17 - The Hive Master/Bjorn Jelinek - The Portal Opening, Stargate Engineer

We are opening portals and blasting off into other dimensions for Episode 17 with The Hive Master himself - Bjorn Jelinek. Besides for being the driving force behind the best stage to projection map on ever The mighty Hive portal at the Modem Festival in Croatia, Bjorn is a top dawg of all things fabrication, he is a master carpenter, a certified CNC and Laser cutter and a official teacher of Rhino3D and Grasshopper the go to tools for CAD software. Talking with Bjorn is like being connected directly to a multidimensional futuristic prism, it was a real honor for me to have him on the podcast and I'm so grateful for him giving us the time out of his busy schedule. We go deep into Bjorn’s roots growing up in the alps, being at the peak of psytrance parties in berlin, starting out as a string artist, joining the extra dimensional space agency, creating some of the most jaw dropping stages in the world, what it means to design from an authentic expressive outer realm, downloading messages from other worlds and other beings, Modem festival and opening portals, the power of crystals, the insanity of silicon and raising kids! For The Hive Masters set he graciously shows us his insane Grasshopper and Rhino setup and workflows and we take a look at the hive stage from modem festival and look at how its designed parametrically and how Bjorn gets the files ready for laser and CNC. This was one of the more Turned on, tuned in and dropped out episodes and it was such a pleasure getting to know Bjorn deeper and seeing his unbelievable workflows. Check out Bjorn’s socials and go get your Modem Ticket - https://www.instagram.com/the_hive_master/ https://twitter.com/BjornJelinek https://modemfestival.com/ Chapters: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:04:11 - Personal Journey in Art 00:20:36 - The Origins of the ExtraDimensionalSpaceAgency Project 00:31:13 - Bjorn, The Human CNC Machine 00:41:06 - Implementing LED Lights on Stages 00:51:06 - Transitioning to Rhino and digital art. 01:00:03 - TAS the all inspiring & Humble OG 01:03:25 - SET - Controlling Parameters in Rhino 01:23:59 - SET - Exploring Grasshopper and Algorithmic Design 01:45:24 - SET - Visualization and Structural Engineering 01:54:38 - The Journey of an Independent Artist 02:04:28 - The Power of Crystals & their Use for Healing & Manifestation 02:24:45 - The Perception of Time and Space 02:34:53 - The Joys and Challenges of Fatherhood The Visual Cast Podcast is a weekly, recorded live visual podcast, were we interview some of the best, most influential and most talented visual artists from around the world! We break up the interview with the "set", a interactive portion of the cast where the guest chooses what they want to share with us!! It can be anything from a live generative visuals set to a show and tell of a past project, or in this case a look at parametric and procedural CAD design. If you enjoyed this podcast, please head on over to Apple Podcasts and Spotify and give us a review!! Follow us @thevisualcast to find out who next weeks guest is! Intro/Outro music by Mantismash https://www.instagram.com/mantismash Follow the Cast https://www.instagram.com/thevisualcast https://www.facebook.com/thevisualcast Follow Alon Hammer/REM https://www.instagram.com/remvisualart https://www.facebook.com/remvisualart https://remvisuals.com Thank you so much for watching and again a massive thanks to Bjorn for coming on!