Current activity
Turn It Off: Short film featuring the Brites: group of light creatures who decide to take revenge on energy wasters in Dublin. This will premiere at the Science Gallery's Lightwave 2009 festival at the end of January.
TheBubble: Video podcast reporting on all things interesting in Dublin and beyond.
Feis Carvery: A mockumentary film looking at the weird and wonderful world of Carvery food. This premiered recently in Dublin and Cork to a great reception. Now it is being sent out to film festivals. I'll put it online to watch soon.
Past projects
Imagine This: GW Bush sings the John Lennon classic "Imagine". Viewed over 500,00 times online, shown at over 20 film festivals and a winner at the Cork Film Festival in 2006. Also show on National Tv in Canada and Spain.
GOD: Follow up to Imagine This and a farewell to GW Bush.
Happy Xmas / War is over: Christmas video. Yoko Ono liked it so much she sent me a Christmas video message.
VJ Showreel
Tapeire: A theatre show starring the world's fastest dancer: James Devine, I worked as a video artist on the show for it's Italian tour.
Chris Isaaks Vs Trentemoller: Dubby Games
Konnex: Music video for Robag Wruhme, has been included on a recent issue of the DVD magazine Slices
Ode to Able Sail: Music video for Irish electronic artist Ciaran Byrne.
Disco Mashup: Finnish Disco legend Åke Blomqvist presents his favourite disco videos, and shows us some of his own moves
Audio Mixes
Cal's Best of 2008, Download, Tracklist
Cal's Best of 2007, Download, Tracklist
AV Mix, Download, Tracklist
Barefoot in the belly, Download, Tracklist
WEM, Download, Tracklist
Le Picnique Electrique, Download, Tracklist
About me:
John Callaghan is a multimedia producer and film maker. He works as a VJ, produces and directs short films, music videos and documentary style video podcasts. John co-runs the video production company Mercury Boy and has lectured in Digital Video Fundamentals at the Center for Computational Musicology and Computer Music in the University of Limerick.
Each week John creates a video podcast called "The Bubble", which covers events in the Irish arts and culture scene. in October 2007 The Bubble was nominated in the Best Podcast Category by Irish Internet Visionary Awards
John also performs as a VJ at large multi-media events and music festivals, in 2006 he was commissioned to create the "Big Cycle" film for The Big Chill festival. In 2008 he performed an audio visual ambient performance at the Electric Picnic, In 2007 he also provided visuals for the festival.
Press:
Sunday Times article on the Turn it off project
Irish Times magazine article on TheBubble
El Pais article on Imagine This
Il Corriere article on Imagine This