Kanye West's latest visual hijinks: unapproved video remixes of arthouse favourites as instant quality music videos for Graduation. Wong Kar Wai's 2046, and mainly footage from the BUF produced future city images of the melancholic sci-fier are utilised.
GRADUATION ALBUM LISTENING EXPERIENCE PT. 6 - FLASHING LIGHTS from kwest on Vimeo.
kanye west, music video, remix, wongkarwai
Vista 8 is the winner of the 1st Ballardian Festival of Home Movies. Other finalists of this sub-one minute in-camera mobile phone video recordings also show a provocative analogue/digital purity.
As someone who's experimented with mobile phone footage for years (the frozen ROAM project - pushing new aesthetics for the mobile screen/locative video) - this is definitely the most affecting and effective use of the medium I've seen. The ability to create Chris Marker-esque video collages exposing small personal mysteries has fascinating narrative implications.
ballard, experimental, mobile viewing, moving image
I thought it might be Hiyao Miyazaki-esque in its ambitious reach for the fantastical, but after all the hype Bjork's latest videoclip, the epic 9-month in the making Wanderlust, washes over you as ineffectually as the river that she travels along within it.
Maybe viewing it in high definition 3D might be a revelation, but Encyclopedia Pictura unfortunately don't reach the heights of either beauty or rawness that are signature elements of the Icelandic artists greatest promo's. There is no denying the artistry in the piece, and I'm sure plenty of fans will buy the Wanderlust DVD on release, but track and visuals never soar together. Bjork's videos push boundaries -- but in this case I feel it is going in the opposite direction to the leading edge.
Video embedded below to make up your own mind, but after the jump compare it to the video for Declare Independence -- ok, that video is by Gondry whom it is difficult to fault -- but MG shows he's still the one most in tune with Bjork's creative flow.
Continue reading 'Ardour quelled over Bjork's Wanderlust'
3D, animation, bjork, moving image, music video
A Beginner’s Guide To Giving A Damn… About Climate Change is designed, directed, animated and produced by Airside, and written and co-directed by Al MacCuish.
The primary-coloured animation sports Airside's trademark naif style, and adapts it to a jokey public service announcement. Good to see these Live Earth-commissioned shorts getting some after event exposure. Any short which features a breakdancing bear is a definite 'must view'. Submarine Channel brought this one to our attention.
airside, animation, live earth, shortfilm
BUG has taken over the music video showcase slot at the glammed-up BFI Southbank. This event is sold out unless you know somebody who has a spare ticket. Otherwise sign up for updates, and get in on the next one fast.
BUG
The evolution of music video
BUG 06, Thursday 27th March 2008, 8:45pm, BFI SouthbankBUG returns to the BFI Southbank in London on Thursday 27th March with inimitable host Adam Buxton presenting a stimulating selection of the most inventive, inspiring music promos from around the globe. With its blend of special on-stage guests, industry audience, and guest DJs in the BFI Southbank's benugo bar, BUG has become an essential forum for aspiring film-makers and fans of music video alike.
BUG sets out to explore the range of creativity, and the new democracy, in music video today - from exciting work in mainstream videos, to off-beam DIY experimentation by 'bedroom' directors made possible by off-the-shelf technology.
The event will be followed by a party in the BFI Southbank's benugo bar until 1am. We look forward to seeing you there.
For tickets, call the BFI Southbank Box Office on +44 (0)20 7928 3232
event, moving image, music video
I haven't seen something so aggressively styled, so successfully combining striking live action with graphic effects for a long time. Las Palmas have hit a glitchy 8-bit groove with this promo clip that combines War Games-style retro 3-D graphics, with fluttering video feedback, a smattering of Jenny Holzer-like aphorisms, and pseudo-religious imagery. Watch out for the subliminals...
[Link via Sans Concept]
Huoratron - $$ Troopers from New Judas on Vimeo.
las palmas, moving image, music video, video
Stripped down, like the track: Blue-hued high grunge imagery for Portishead's first video Machine Gun from new album, Third. Whether web-cammed or CCD'ed, this is the antithesis of the To Kill a Dead Man promo epic. It catches the moment - we've moved on from 16mm noir homages to YouTube rehearsal sneak peeks.
Video after the break... Continue reading 'Portishead stripped down'
music video, portishead, webcam
A natural extension to Radiohead's current media experiments, and their Radiohead TV concept -- the band have teamed up with Aniboom, the animation/video site, for an In Rainbows animated music video competition.
10 semi-finalists get $1k to create a 1 minute long clip. From 11 voted for semi-finalists (10+wildcard late submission), 5 make the final to win $10k to make the full length version of their submission. Winner is chosen by Radiohead.
Submit your storyboard or video clip until 29 April, 2008.
animation, competition, music video, radiohead
I have a nice stash of chip music in my iTunes folder, and have long been an enthusiast of the 8-bit aesthetic - the crude music and graphics of retro-gaming - so Blip Festival: Reformat the Planet is a documentary recently shown at SXSW 2008 which is simply a must-see. I've already included some of this scene in a screenplay, so this doc has just made it onto my essential research list.
You too can level up at 2 Player Productions.
BLIP FESTIVAL: REFORMAT THE PLANET trailer from 2 Player Productions on Vimeo.
8bit, documentary, experimental, featurefilm, festival, video, video gaming
The British Animation Awards 2008 highlighted some beautiful stuff still coming out of UK animation. Never easy to find the edge in BAA results, but definite highlights for inventiveness are the music video winner, Salmon Dance for The Chemical Brothers, by Dom&Nic -- and a particularly cool result in the Best Film at the Cutting Edge category with Semiconductor's Magnetic Movie (commissioned by the Animate! Arts Council/C4 scheme) leading the pack.
Winning Salmon Dance video and full BAA results after the break.
Continue reading 'British Animation Award 2008 winners'
animation, awards, dom&nic, experimental, moving image, music video, semiconductor
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