SPIRIT OF EDEN: A Post-Rock Opera in Three Acts

[AbrogateNeed]

I've been listening to interviews of artists I admire, and have noticed a commonality between the principles of three in particular. Vincent Gallo (director of Buffalo '66 and The Brown Bunny, also leader of the bands Bohack and RRIICCEE), David Thomas (leader of Pere Ubu), and Mark Hollis (leader of Talk Talk) have all lauded the virtues of "spontaneous creation". Both Gallo and Thomas make it clear that this is not in support of "improvisation" in the traditional sense, as they say this is typically meandering and leads to stagnation, but to create structured, coherent pieces "on the fly". Mark Hollis quotes "The best time something is played is the first time."

I have attempted to reflect this notion in my approach to AbrogateNeed. All videos on this channel are composed "spontaneously" in the sense that I preview some of the anime I'm working with, find a musical piece that is floating around my head at the time that shares a similar sensibility with the anime, and try to mesh the two together while trying to remain unobtrusive but still constructive in realizing the combination's full potential. The shots in the first few videos are almost entirely in chronological order, with my edits just serving to enhance rhythmic sync and remove dialogue-heavy sequences. Recently I've tried to broaden my view and search for a sort of concept to ground the work as a whole, which sometimes results in the movement of sequences to fit specific parts of the music. Overall, the sequences and overall concepts of each original work are largely sustained, which contrasts with Prostrate Constantly which focuses more on recontextualization.

This method allows the videos to represent a three-way dialogue between the music, the anime, and the editing in a more organic way. Counterintuitively, these videos result in the clearest reflection of all three sensibilities, as the characteristics of each are highlighted and contrasted against one another, while also resulting in a presentation conducive to conscious engagement.

If you're going into this video unfamiliar with the styles of both Talk Talk and me, I would say this might be a rough starting point. Talk Talk's Colour of Spring album is a beautiful introduction to Mark Hollis' singular songwriting, and my AMVs of Joanna Newsom's "Easy" and songs from Robert Wyatt's Rock Bottom are much shorter and more accessible.

[seasons]

This is really good!

[AbrogateNeed]

You're really good.

[Mol]

Well i guess i watched whole thing So it's not bad, while i can agree to this edit i couldn't stop myself from thinking it neeeded some more edits at some places (ex:lots of stuff going on in music). Tho i guess it can work as a chill vid not exactly my thing but not bad try.