The Experiment:

We are conducting a video sale across Europe.

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Hypothesis:

We plan to test the limits of lo-fi music videos. We want to see if we can feasibly produce quality videos in exchange for shelter around Europe.

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Aims:

• Explore video as its own medium, separate from film.
• Embrace the mobility of video
• Attempt to find a more fluid approach to video, free from monetary constraints.

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Method:

No matter the monetary situation we will create a video for any artist, anywhere in Europe. All we ask from them in return is that they provide some shelter for the duration of the production process (an estimated two weeks). Be it their grandmother’s couch or their mate’s back shed, if we are given the space, we will produce a video for you. We will make our own way to your hometown.

We are geared up with the newest of the Cannon DSLR line – the EOS 7D. We will be carrying our own laptops that can be built into a mini edit-suite.

We will begin our video-making in Turkey at the end of November. After that, we will travel wherever we find willing artists.

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Research:

Here are some of our favourite lo-fi videos of late that have helped inspire this idea:

• By Moop Jaw (please, watch all of their videos)

• By Lucinda Schreiber and Yanni Kronenberg

• By Rob Chesnutt.

• By Lorcan Finnegan + Steven Courtney.

• By vo11ey (our own attempt)

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Results:

This blog will provide the platform to exhibit our results. We will post whatever we feel relevant to the experiment – be it pictures we take, tales of the people we meet, videos we like, updates on our progress or stories of our demise.

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Note:

There will be no conclusive results found by this experiment. We simply hope to begin establishing (for ourselves) a new language of music video making, where video is used as video and fluidity takes priority. We want to find some beauty in the haphazard.