I see the world like this - all geometric and soundtracked by post-rock. I adore these lampshades by Phil Cuttance and quite want one. Gorgeous.
Like Michel Gondry was dropped on his head whilst watching a Rainbow marathon as a child, here emerges this brilliant piece of nonsense from the minds at THIS IS IT. Sometimes creativity benefits from the lack of boundries and the anything goes mentality, but also the secret desire to subverse the minds of others via glove puppetry.
This. Is. A. Photograph.
The word you are looking for is 'wow'.
The lovely types at Jack Morton needed some super talented illustration scribbler to help launch the new Galaxy Note phone/tablet for Samsung's European launch of their new Ice Cream Sandwich whizzy bits and pieces. Thankfully I guess said scribbler was busy because they got me in instead.
In the centre of Battersea Power Station they'd erected what you glimpse in the video above (live streamed across the globe) and showed my work and hands on one of the largest temporary screens in Europe. The superhero doodle you see me doing on stage is completed in real time too, and it only took me about twenty goes to get it that fast..
Thanks to everyone involded for being so accommodating and putting up with me amid the chaos of organising such a huge event.
And so I act now apparently, or more accurately; 'fail to read words written down in front of me with any sort of skill'. Still, when very good and wisened friend, nay director Geoff asked me politely if I'd like to partake in his short film endeavour I had two thoughts - the latter; "Of course! Would be an honour and a pleasure!" and the other; "Exactly how many people said no to this already??"
Tiring though it was running about being chased by shrubbery around London town (ten points if you spot the Shining homage) and at points a) shutting down the VIctoria tube line, and b) exposing an underground drug syndicate, it was certainly a lot of fun for the two days.
Filmed in just a weekend, produced for the 2 Days Later horror film challenge, and screened at the festival in Margate over the Halloween weekend 2011, 'Botanophabia' (a real phobia - who kenw?) is a tour de force of tounge meeting inner cheek, as it were, and how to populate Youtube with a less than zero budget.
Please feel free to laugh both with and at it - Geoff's blood, sweat, and ..fertiliser went into making it with myself and B, Sophie, Quita, Carl, Simon and Andrea, and it really was an honour and pleasure to be involved/smacked in the face with a tree branch.
Enjoy!
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