another stop-motion piece from ‘ok go’
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made by director ‘john kelly’ for you tube and the guggenheim (link via motionographer)
celebrity, fashion, advertising… he did it all
many thanks to my mate ‘dominic davies’ for pointing this one out: the BBC documentary on sixties icon & bad-boy ‘brian duffy’ has been put online, a very enjoyable hours’ worth of soundbites & urban legend tales….
update: oops i forgot the link, enjoy…
here are some memorable ones i noted:
…the photographers were the stars; not the models…
…i really enjoyed the war, no i really mean it i enjoyed the war…
…easier than drawing, so i thought "i know what i’ll do… i’ll take up photography"…
…look what was happening a year before in editorial photography and then a year later; it was a new era…
…all of the pictures were dodgy birds with their teeth showing…
…bring the goblin round & i’ll shoot him…
…a bit of a bastard, but one you enjoyed inviting round for dinner…
…(photography) is the only thing any numb-skull can do…
…i’m an innocent bystander, helping culture & art…
…he said "can you make it expensive?"
i said "no problem lovey!"…
…advertising: that was 99% of my work? crap…
…that morning i decided to burn… my negatives…
…art photography is a very very modern idea…
duffy on himself: he wasn’t as steady as a tripod…
the way things go…
‘ok go’ seem to get much more attention for their viral videos than their otherwise fairly mediocre ‘high school’ music… the latest effort receives comments on you tube like ‘awesome’ and ‘amazing’ which are fairly apt words for this video, but for other reasons than intended
it is ‘amazingly awesome’ that someone could choose to plagiarise (in it’s entirety) an already exsisting film: the ground-breaking art film der lauf der dingen by swiss artist-duo ‘fischli & weiss’ from way back in 1987, much like the wieden & kennedy rip-off ‘honda’ commercial from several years back, this one doesn’t even attempt to do anything novel with the original idea, unbelievable… the ending with the crowd also reminds me very much of roel wouter’s excellent grip promo
fortunately for them nobody these days, seems to be aware of the original so it can happily spread around the net and earn high-praise for ‘borrowing’ someone else’s idea, awesome! check this link for a preview of the ‘real’ thing
update: here is yet another ‘homage’ entitled ‘nearness’ but these guys at least refer to the original on their website…
