Making Pictures Without Cameras
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I just can't get enough of the new Radiohead video. Made with lasers, it presents a beautiful view of what our world looks like on a different wavelength. I find myself flip-flopping between succumbing to the match of imagery and music, and wondering how much of it is accident. The way the image breaks up around the edge of Thom Yorke's head; what look like interference patterns on his face; the collapse in parts of the exterior scenes; are these intentional? Not that it matters, it's just the would-be scientist in me waking up.
An unsual deal with Google means you can put this on your iGoogle home page. But you can also download the data (not the music) via a Creative Commons license, meaning that the band is giving away the right, in a controlled way, for others to make new art from theirs. Too often in these RIAA/Viacom litigious times everyone forgets that art and creativity enriches us and locking it up because you own it impoverishes us. I'm looking forward to what they do next.
Comments (11)
Thanks for posting, I watched a "making of" on Wired, but haven't seen it yet.
This is fascinating.
Glad it's not disappointing (as some videos can be) after enjoying the song for so long.
SD's post is spot on......great song and no let down on the video!
Made with lasers: what a strange, totally new method. It fit the music.
that's a trip
dude. they never cease to amaze me. this vid is wicked sweet.
very nice.......
i am so out of touch that i didn't even know bands still made videos anymore. imagine that, artists expressing themselves artistically. how novel
loving the look of this, this band always finds a way of amazing me
i see what you mean Jonh. while mesmerizing, it's hard to stop wondering how it was done. and how much was edited to look like that or how much is actual interference/static/whatnot. i peeked at it briefly the other day, but your post made we want to look deeply into the screen. thanks!
I finally looked at the How-They-Made-It video. They experimented with all sorts of materials between Thom's face and the capture device, such as pouring water down a sheet of glass. The most successful one was a sheet of small mirrors that bounced the light around and broke up the image. From the director's commentary there's a a reasonoable amount of intention as well as "accident".
fantastic vid not seen that before
cheers