Mediaontwerpers is a Dutch Multimedia artist evolving in different disciplines and is formed by Ian Macleod Cassels.
In the year 1999 Ian started vj-ing at a local club in Bergen op Zoom. This process grew and within a couple of years he stood in clubs like Paradiso were he video-supported the finals of Ali B with the “Grote Prijs van Nederland” and did the first three “Major League” parties at Nighttown organized by the Rotterdam based record-store TripleVision.
Ian founded Mediaontwerpers in the year 2002 to build interactive installations for parties as a reaction to get more pleasure out of a party by combining art, sound and interaction together.
With various hardware sensors, other interactive tools and a significant dose of weird humour as ingredients a Mediaontwerpers production never fits, but always surpasses expectations. From absurd media to interactive installations. Mediaontwerpers themselves produces every single item including the hardware, the stories, the performance and the visuals. The only objective is to please the audience during the parties with its interactive installations. Combining art, media and humour Mediaontwerpers continually builds projects. All of the installations have political and or social implications and influence how I see the community through my own eyes combined with love and passion for fun, parties and festivals.