crutch boarding

I was asked to be on the judging panel for the UK Music Video Awards, so I’ve been watching a lot of music videos lately. Always fun.
Because while I totally believe the genre of music video needs a re-think and we should (also) be looking at other ways of promoting music through moving image, there were still a lot of great films in the selection. Most of them you can find on video blog Antville and I’ll post a few links when the UKMVA shortlist is announced, but one I’d forgotten about and was happy to see again was ‘Work It Out’ by RJD2, directed by Joey Garfield for New York outfit Ghost Robot.
And when I was making friends in our new studio (we moved!) and the guys from Bad Idea magazine gave me a DVD that included this little docu/short, I thought it was time to read up on the Crutch man called Bill Shannon. Talk about creative communication. This guy’s taking dancing/skating/body language to a whole new level. And do read the Artist’s Statement on his website.



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Wessel van Rensburg
Ah – there goes many a negative metaphor on crutches!
Sep 16th, 2008
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