COMPANY PROFILE - Vidvox was founded in 1998 by visual artist and software designer Johnny DeKam as a response to the growing need for tools for real-time video performance. Since then, the company has continued to grow as a collective of multimedia artists and software developers designing new tools for working with video in a more natural and intuitive way. Traditionally time-based arts (ie music, dance, storytelling and video) are commonly associated with improvisation, they occur in real-time and are influenced by the energy of both the performers and audience. Video however, has been set aside as a locked medium with a technologically imposed finished state that does not change. This creates a serious problem when combining motion pictures with other time-based arts, all elements are forced to conform to the predetermined actions of the video. Vidvox solves this problem by developing real-time solutions for content creation that allow for improvi- sation with diverse media elements. Vidvox solutions are used for live audiovisual performance, motion graphics design, previsualization, multimedia presen- tation and dynamic digital signage. In recent years, Vidvox video software has been used in concert with The Beastie Boys, Stereolab, Ladytron, Hexstatic, The Grateful Dead, Ministry, The Light Surgeons, and by countless other musi- cians, design firms, theater groups, and experimental filmmakers around the world. Vidvox is based in the city of Troy, located in the tech valley region of New York State.