memo akten

www.willakenzie.blogspot.com/2011/01/memo-akten.html



make sure you watch before you read on. for me the best part about this was the delayed revelation of what it actually is. i love this concept, but the execution is beyond imagination. so well done. his words:

When the clip starts, you probably won't recognize a human shape at first, but your eyes and mind will be searching, seeking mental connections between abstract shapes and recognizable patterns, like looking for shapes in clouds. You'll be questioning what you see, is that it? is it sitting? is it crouching? is it kneeling? Then all of a sudden, it'll be crystal clear. Then you'll try and keep it in focus, following it as it moves around, tracking each limb, using the motion to construct an image of the parts you can't see. It'll fade in and out of clarity. At times you'll be clinging onto just the tip of it's hand swinging round, trying to identify any other recognizable parts. You might see another arm or leg and grab onto it, fighting not to lose it. Then it'll be crystal clear again, and then all of a sudden vanish, literally in a puff of smoke, and your eyes will start searching again.

i can't imagine what this could be if the audio was woven into the visualization and not just an overlay. maybe like this video he did for depeche mode.


his site has a lot of neat live interactive concepts like this one.



and check out a live set he did for OKGo (RE:member them). nuts.