Needing/Getting
The new music video from OK Go, made in partnership with Chevrolet. OK Go set up over 1000 instruments over two miles of desert outside Los Angeles. A Chevy Sonic was outfitted with retractable pneumatic arms designed to play the instruments, and the band recorded this version of Needing/Getting, singing as they played the instrument…
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from Nowness: ‘Mue,’ meaning ‘moulting’ in French, symbolizes the completion of one stage and the progression onto the next. This concept of rebirth and shifting identities is reflected in the fluid and dynamic nature of Koki Nakano’s music video for Mue. Directed by long-term collaborator Benjamin Seroussi, Mue has an atmosphere of tension and drama…
Read MoreThe One Moment
This video was actually shot in 4 seconds, but when played back in slow motion, it stays in sync with the music. How did they do it?! A lot of time, and a lot of math. Created by OK Go in collaboration with Morton Salt.
Read MoreRACHMANINOV Sonata No. 2
I had the great pleasure of working with Yekwon Sunwoo for the premiere of my dance The Big Hunger with San Francisco Ballet. The Prokofiev score we were working with gave me a lot of pause because it is so complex, a seeming impossibility to play. It was hard to have faith that it could…
Read MoreJuilette Lewis + Daft Punk
This video sealed both my love for Daft Punk and for Juilette Lewis. It encompasses everything I love about the early 2000’s (a decade without a lot of distinction).
Read MoreStrange Fruit
from NEWSONE: Did you know transgender women of color are disproportionately affected by fatal violence? Last year was the deadliest year for the transgender community in nearly ten years — according to Mother Jones,“Trans women are four times more likely than cisgender women to be homicide victims” and “84 percent of the victims were people…
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