I figured we should have a new topic for this as it's being released on Tuesday.
11 of the world's most acclaimed urban artists unveil their work through a collection of art films, inspired by U2's Songs of Innocence. Taking the political murals of Northern Ireland as a reference point, U2 pioneered the project to celebrate the unique democratic power of urban art. Oliver Jeffers, Robin Rhode, D*Face, Mode 2, Chloe Early, Ganzeer, Vhils, Maser, ROA, DALeast, and Todd James make up this global multidisciplinary group project. Chosen for their undisputed ability to capture the imaginations of their audiences, the artists were given complete creative freedom to showcase their personal responses to U2's music, through a series of part-animated, part live action films. The result is an exhilarating display of diversity in approach, style and commentary. Powerful and cognizant, their works scale the globe, play with time, and weave between heightened reality and animated dreamscapes. United for the first time in film, the eleven international artists have taken their work from the streets to the screen. These original works of video art transpose their visions from the physical to the digital and are collected here together as a visual counter-point to the album, a set of unique and compelling Films of Innocence.
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Also available as 'iTunes Extras' if you purchase the HD copy. This will include some extra material with behind the scenes footage of U2 in the studio and a photo gallery.
I've seen select clips from Linear quite often since 2009, but not the full movie after the 2 initial views indeed. I thikn this will be different though. Very different styles. Just like 11 videoclips all at once. There will be ones you'll like more and ones you'll like less of course but it will be different to Linear - which was plain boring to be honest.
There's an extended trailer for the California clip on Instagram. I don't dig that idea of driving through the apocalypse for a song that's supposed to be about sunny California, but I'll give it the benefit of the doubt.
