Eskmo: We Got More 

(2011) 

by animating genius Cyriak, for Ninja Tune artist Eskmo, that was premiered at the BUG Ninja Tune 20th anniversary show.

The capital leading interests of our generation seem to be: forcing up productivity, and shedding as many unprofitable tasks as possible, which in turn has delaminated the only constant thing we posses; the human spirit. We want more, more, and more of what isn’t truly fulfilling/important. Yes, facebook condenses time like no other living/breathing thing by bringing you real-time updates on whether/not your neighbor went to work this morning, and if he did, how much traffic is he encountering, or where he checked in to have his 2 o'clock coffee. But can all of these replace the value of a vis-à-vis human conversation?
Unlike the perplexing experience one would encounter on a trip to the moon involving all human senses, we are now experiencing things through the palm of our hands; introducing a false experience through new and improved fabricated senses. I posted Eskmo’s most recent video, animated by artist Cyriak. This guy is truly a hidden manic gem in the animation world. He uses everything from hindu connotations to capitalist and surrealist mario world politics. The song itself is short and simple, with a beat that could make cows tip over. In many ways, I feel the artist expresses his frustration through repetition. Like Eskmo’s sound-hacked simple statement we got more, Cyriak’s animation is simple but powerful enough to compose a valid statement.

"Hello, I am Cyriak from 100 years into the future, where I have been exhumed and sent backwards in time via cyberspace in order to welcome you to the unabridged contents of my brain-damaged imagination" (Cyriak)

 

Source: Decompos

 

 

If you haven’t heard of wrong-in-the-head-but-brilliant-because-of-it animator Cyriak, you’re really missing a trick. The video for Ninja Tune’s Eskmo is truly brain bending.

 

Source: BBC Music Video Festival

 

 

A few months ago BUG's David Knight suggested to the folks at Ninja Tune that animating genius Cyriak Harris would be a great choice to work with a Ninja artist – and wouldn't it be great if there was a new Cyriak video to premiere at the BUG Ninja Tune XX special, scheduled for November?
And so it proved. Cyriak made the video for San Francisco producer Eskmo's We Got More, and it was indeed premiered at the great BUG Ninja special last month. And now, its finally up on YouTube.
And if we say so ourselves, it's fantastic. Prepare to marvel Cyriak’s increasingly surreal manipulation of the everyday, through his unique mastery of common-and-garden After Effects.

 

Source: BUG

 

 

Eskmo: We Got More, architecture, people, Video Clip

Reading

Sonic Graphics/Seeing Sound (2000) by Matt Woolman presents exemplary work from studios around the world in three sections: Notation analyses the use of sign and symbol systems in creating identity and branding for music artists, recording projects and performances; Material considers how products can package the intrinsic nature of the music they contain; and Atmosphere looks at how space and multidimensional environmeaants can be used to visualize sound. A reference section includes studio websites and a glossary. (Thames & Hudson)

Audio-Vision: Sound on Screen (1994) by French critic and composer Michel Chion reassesses audiovisual media since the revolutionary 1927 debut of recorded sound in cinema, shedding crucial light on the mutual relationship between sound and image in audiovisual perception. (Colombia University Press)

 

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