If Art Was More Like Hip Hop It Would Be Like This
Art Money from Spencer Keeton Cunningham on Vimeo.This “art” video, “Art Money” was created by San Francisco-based artist Spencer Keeton Cunningham & Erlin Geffrard as one part of “an on going work...
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Spot Kalup Linzy’s New Musical Vagina
A screenshot of Linzy’s vagina and James Franco obviously needs a cigarette. (click to enlarge)Ignore the nice moody song and the bizarreness of James Franco’s disembodied smiling head floating in the...
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Video Artist Tony Oursler Turns David Bowie into a Doll
“Where Are We Now” is the first single from “The Next Day,” David Bowie’s first studio album in 10 years, and the surreal pop star is breaking the silence with something memorable — a music video...
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The Web Killed the Music Video Star
Screencapture from Do Not Touch via Creative ApplicationsFor a while there, it looked like the internet killed music videos, or at least their traditional channels. Instant access on YouTube meant that...
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Did Drake’s New Video Get Its Bling from James Turrell’s Light Installations?...
A play on the cover of Drake’s “Hotline Bling” song (photo via @vacancyprojects/Instagram) The internet almost exploded last night when Drake dropped the music video for his track, “Hotline Bling.” But...
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A Psychedelic Garden Blooms with CGI Cyborgs
Clip from Kota Yamaji’s video for tilt-six’s “あなくろノイズ” (2016) (all gifs by the author for Hyperallergic) Just when it seemed like the psychedelic music video trend was getting old, Japanese artist Kota...
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J Dilla Gets Reanimated in a Video Collage
Clip from official music video for J Dilla, “The Sickness,” directed by Ruffmercy (2016) (all GIFs by the author for Hyperallergic) After a decade of anticipation, The Diary, a long-lost solo album by...
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David Altmejd’s Sculptures Come to Life in Yeasayer’s Trippy New Video
Clip from Yeasayer, “Silly Me” (2016) (all GIFs by the author for Hyperallergic) “Where’s my head?” sing Chris Keating and Anand Wilder of psych-pop band Yeasayer in “Silly Me,” a track off their new...
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Solve a Murder Mystery in a German Rapper’s Interactive Music Video
(all GIFs via andeinerseite.video, by the author for Hyperallergic) In German rapper Kontra K’s interactive video for “Next to You,” off the new album Labyrinth, a fisherman discovers a crime scene at...
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A Claymation Moonscape Covered in Ruins
Wand, clip from video for “A Passage of the Dream” (2016), animated by Meghan Tryon (All GIFs by the author for Hyperallergic) A girl rides a bus over a dead planet covered in skulls, boulders, and...
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Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost’ Rebooted as an 8-Bit Music Video
Clip from Delta Heavy, “White Flag” (GIFs by the author for Hyperallergic) Since John Milton’s Paradise Lost was first published in 1667, many artists have attempted to visualize the biblical epic....
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Simon Says This Is the Best Music Video Filmed in a Museum
Clip from Pharoahe Monch, “Simon Says” (GIF by the author for Hyperallergic) For his 1999 hit single “Simon Says,” the Queens rapper Pharoahe Monch used one of the borough’s most sci-fi structures as a...
View ArticleLorraine O’Grady Stars in a New Music Video by Anohni
A new video by the musician Anohni consists of an extended close-up on the artist Lorraine O’Grady against a black background, lip-synching to the three-minute song “Marrow.” It’s gorgeous and...
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Artist Kader Attia Files Plagiarism Lawsuit over French Rap Video
Kader Attia, “Ghost” (2007) (photo by Herry Lawford/Flickr, courtesy the artist and and Nagel Draxler, Berlin) A music video for the song “Putain d’époque” by French rappers Dosseh and Nekfeu has been...
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Alex Da Corte Directs a Luminous Video for St. Vincent’s Ode to New York
Still from St. Vincent’s music video for “New York,” directed by Alex Da Corte (screenshot via Youtube) I want a swan as a pet now, thanks to St. Vincent’s new music video for her single, “New York,”...
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How This Is Childish Gambino’s America
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Beyoncé and Jay-Z Return to the Louvre in New Music Video, Picking the...
Beyoncé and Jay-Z in front of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa in the video for “Apeshit” (all screenshots by the author via YouTube) On Saturday, at the end of a concert in London, Beyoncé and Jay-Z...
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Can Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s Louvre Video Change Perceptions of Who Belongs in...
Beyoncé and Jay-Z in front of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa in the video for “Apeshit” (all screenshots by Hyperallergic via YouTube) It was an extraordinary feat: a top-secret mission to shoot a music...
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Dive Into K-Pop With Five Essential Music Videos
From “TT” Korean pop isn’t merely a genre of music, but a multifaceted art form that embodies inexplicable sounds, powerhouse choreography, and high-concept narratives and visuals. And as any fan...
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Cuban Musicians and Artists Collaborate on Viral, Political Music Video
Last week, a new music video featuring a group of black Cuban singers accrued over one million hits in three days. The anthem’s lyrics are in defense of Cuban artists and offer a sharp-edged critique...
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The World of Music Video Is Finally Adopting Restoration Efforts
As videos shot on film get refurbished for the digital age, we’re discovering more and more fascinating artifacts in the original materials.
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