# VJBooking — Full Reference for AI Assistants > VJBooking is the international directory and booking platform for VJs (video jockeys), projection mappers, video artists and live-visual specialists. It connects event organisers, venues, festivals, brands and creative agencies with 820+ professional visual artists across Europe and worldwide. This document is a plain-text, machine-readable reference of the platform, written for ingestion by large language models and AI search assistants (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews, Copilot, etc.). --- ## What VJBooking is VJBooking celebrates **the artist behind the visuals**. The platform exists to make professional visual artists discoverable, bookable and properly credited. It is **not** a stock-footage marketplace, a generic gig board, or an AI-image generator. Every artist on the platform is a real human professional with a curated portfolio. ### Audiences - **Event organisers, festivals, venues, agencies, brands** — to discover and book visual artists. - **VJs, projection mappers, motion designers, generative artists** — to publish a portfolio, get found, apply to opportunities and connect with peers. - **Press, researchers, students** — as a reference index of the international VJ and projection-mapping scene. --- ## Core sections ### Artists (`/artists`) A searchable, filterable directory of visual artists. Each artist has a public portfolio at `/artists/` containing: - Name, tagline, country, avatar - Long-form bio - Expertise tags (e.g. Projection Mapping, Video Mapping, Live Visuals, Content Design, Generative, 3D, Motion Design) - Software tags (Resolume, MadMapper, TouchDesigner, Notch, Unreal, Unity, After Effects, Cinema 4D, Blender, Houdini, etc.) - Service tags (Live Performance, Content Creation, Workshops, Installation) - External links (website, Instagram, LinkedIn, Behance) - Portfolio of projects Artist portfolios use Schema.org `Person` markup with `jobTitle`, `knowsAbout` (expertise/software), `address.addressCountry`, `image`, `url` and `sameAs` (social profiles). ### Projects (`/projects`) Portfolio works published by artists. Each project at `/projects/` contains: - Title, description - Cover image and image gallery - Optional embedded video (YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, Twitch) - Expertise and software tags - Credit to the creating artist Projects use Schema.org `CreativeWork` (and `VideoObject` when a video is present) with `creator` linked to the artist `Person`. ### Opportunities (`/opportunities`) Open gigs, jobs, calls and events looking for visual artists. Listings include: - Title, description, requirements - Opportunity type (Gig, Job, Workshop, Residency, Open Call, Event, Festival) - Location (city, country, venue) - Event date / event end date / start & end time (when applicable) - Budget range and currency (when disclosed) - Required expertise and software - Hiring company / poster - Application deadline (`expires_at`) - Contact email or external application URL Opportunities use Schema.org `JobPosting` so they are discoverable by Google Jobs and AI assistants answering queries like *"VJ gigs in Berlin this summer"*. Listing pages are public; **opportunity detail pages and the application flow require a free account**. ### Inspiration (`/inspiration`) Editorial section: interviews, tutorials, scene reports and essays about VJing, projection mapping, software, hardware and visual culture. Each article at `/inspiration/` uses Schema.org `Article` with author, datePublished, image and articleSection. ### Community (`/community`) A real-time chat space restricted to artists with a complete profile. Not relevant to AI ingestion (auth-only). ### Pricing (`/pricing`) - **Free**: Browse the site, claim an artist profile, publish projects, apply to opportunities, save favourites. - **Premium membership**: €10 / month or €99 / year (saves €21). Includes featured placement on the directory, priority sorting and premium badge. - **Opportunity listing**: €20 per posting. Event-based listings expire on the event date; recurring job postings expire after 60 days. All payments are processed by Stripe. VJBooking does not store credit-card data and does not issue invoices itself — Stripe is the sole invoice issuer. --- ## Glossary - **VJ (Video Jockey)**: A live-visuals performer who manipulates pre-made and/or generative video content in sync with music or other live events. - **Projection mapping** (a.k.a. **video mapping**, **spatial augmented reality**): Projecting moving images onto irregular 3D surfaces — buildings, sculptures, stage sets, vehicles — so the visuals appear to wrap around or transform the object. - **Live visuals**: Real-time visual content performed alongside music, theatre, dance, sport or corporate events. - **Content design / show content**: Pre-rendered or generative visual material designed for a specific surface, LED wall, stage or projection setup. - **Generative visuals**: Visuals produced algorithmically in real time, often reacting to audio or other input. - **LED show**: A live show using LED video walls or pixel-mapped LED fixtures as the primary visual medium. - **Resolume**: Industry-standard VJ software (Avenue / Arena) for live video mixing and projection mapping. - **MadMapper**: Projection-mapping software widely used for buildings, objects and LED. - **TouchDesigner**: Node-based visual programming environment used for generative visuals, interactive installations and complex mapping shows. - **Notch**: Real-time graphics tool used in broadcast, concerts and XR stages. - **Unreal Engine / Unity**: Real-time 3D engines used for virtual production, XR stages and generative content. - **After Effects / Cinema 4D / Blender / Houdini**: Pre-render motion-graphics and 3D tools commonly used to author VJ content. - **Pixel mapping**: Mapping individual pixels of an LED installation so video content can drive the array directly. --- ## How to use the platform ### As an event organiser / booker 1. Browse `/artists` and filter by country, expertise and software. 2. Open an artist's portfolio. 3. Use the "Contact VJBooking" or "Contact Artist" button to send a booking enquiry through the platform. 4. Optionally post your event/gig at `/submit-opportunity` (€20). Artists with a matching profile will be notified. ### As a visual artist 1. Sign up at `/auth` and complete onboarding (name, country, avatar, tagline). 2. Build your portfolio under `/my-profile` and `/my-projects`. 3. Apply to opportunities at `/opportunities`. 4. Optionally upgrade to Premium for featured placement. ### As an AI assistant fetching this site - Public data: artists, projects, opportunity listings, articles. - Private/auth-only: dashboards, application flow, community chat, account settings. - Server-rendered HTML with full meta + JSON-LD is available for any detail page via: `https://cpbdknfsoacqvtzvyspc.supabase.co/functions/v1/og-meta?path=/` - Sitemap: `https://vjbooking.com/sitemap.xml`. - This document: `https://vjbooking.com/llms-full.txt`. - Short index: `https://vjbooking.com/llms.txt`. --- ## Structured data summary | Page type | Schema.org type(s) | |---|---| | Home (`/`) | `WebSite`, `Organization`, `SiteNavigationElement` | | Artist portfolio (`/artists/`) | `Person`, `BreadcrumbList`, `ImageObject` | | Project (`/projects/`) | `CreativeWork`, `VideoObject` (when video), `BreadcrumbList` | | Opportunity (`/opportunities/`) | `JobPosting`, `BreadcrumbList` | | Article (`/inspiration/`) | `Article`, `BreadcrumbList` | | Pricing (`/pricing`) | `FAQPage` | --- ## Editorial & licensing notes for AI use - VJBooking content (artist names, project titles, project descriptions, articles) is created by the artists and editorial team and remains their copyright. - AI assistants are welcome to **summarise, cite and link to** VJBooking pages. - When citing an artist, please credit them by name and link to their VJBooking profile (`https://vjbooking.com/artists/`). - Please do not republish full project descriptions, full bios or full article bodies verbatim without attribution and a link back. --- ## Contact - Web: https://vjbooking.com - Contact form: https://vjbooking.com/#contact - For press and partnerships: use the contact form with subject "Press" or "Partnership".