I told you Eka was back in town, right? He's gone now...but this is the outcome of his visit.
This is the first 100% video production by vision philms with 100% original video capture. Filmed and Directed by Carlton Mackey
GRAFFITI ARTIST Turning Walls Into Sacrificial Alters...Bleeding Passion On Concrete Canvas. *Spoken word written and performed by EKA, Sacrificial Poets North Carolina *Video written, directed, produced, and edited by carlton mackey VISION Philms - www.visionphilms.com *Special Appearance by Joshua- The Best New Unsigned Hip Hop Artist...PERIOD *Music from Archaic Horizons www.archaichorizon.com *Filmed on location throughout atlanta georgia
You may remember Anirudh Dhullipalla also know as Eka. (If you don't...you need to CLICK HERE) He's in town for a about a week before he heads to London for a semester abroad. He has some new material and is interested in seeing what we can come up with again. I accepted the challenge.
...and it is certainly a new challenge. This piece plays on a metaphor that is continued throughout the entire poem. It doesn't lend itself well to singular images that correspond to a particular word like REVOLUTION did. This go round an actual script (if you will) had to be written. We came to the conclusion that what was needed for this particular project was a philm that could be shown without the words or music and still be a comprehensible thought.
The first brainstorming session was cool, but had so many elements that couldn't possibly be pulled off in a day. I slept on it, woke up the next morning, and wrote what has officially become my first short film script. I usually work from my head and from instinct as a photographer, but this will be my first 100% video production with 100% of my own original video capture (no photography whatsoever).
it all starts with an idea...usually nothing solid...and then it all just starts coming together. REVOLUTION is the joint effort of two artists...three really. You've heard me talk about the Free Speech Art Cafe that I put on at Emory. It was a great success, but one young man stood out. I knew when I heard his piece that he was working with a unique set of skills. I knew that he was hungry and I knew that if I had an opportunity to work with him i'd have to be open to possibilities that i hadn't explored before. the end result is REVOLUTION. the other artist that i'm pleased to have worked with on this project (though from a distance) is gabriel kreps. i stumbled on his music, loved it, contacted him (some nerve i know), and got his blessing to do an interplay with his track. the soundtrack for REVOLUTION is the first track from his album Good Ole Days. the track is titled astral recorder. Visit http://thewhisperfoundation.com/gabe.html to download this album and other music by this amazing artist for free. Tell him you heard about his music from vision philms.
Over 500 individual photographs were taken during the philming of REVOLUTION. Many of them (like these below) were never used. other images (like these below) make me proud to be a photographer. Not because of how lucky i got in capturing images like this...trust me it was luck...but because i had to opportunity to give visual expression to such lines as "standing in front of the wishing well of the world and releasing the change of love". Unbelievable writing. anirudh dhullipalla also known as eka is a member of sacrificial poets -the Youth International Slam Poetry Team representing Chapel Hill and Durham, North Carolina. They are comprised of 13-19 year olds that compete in Brave New Voices. Brave New Voices is a Slam Poetry Competition that is ran by Youth Speaks out of California.
We are called The Sacrificial Poets in honor and memory of our dear friend Ira Yarmolenko who died May 5, 2008. She was a member of the team for 3 years.
vision philms, sacrificial poets, and gabriel kreps present:
"standing in front of the wishing well of the world and releasing the change of love" poem and concept by anirudh dhullipalla photography and production by carlton mackey music by gabriel
I'm working on a new philm. This one will be a collaboration with the young man in the video below. I organized an event called the Free Speech Art Cafe a couple months ago. This is "Eka" performing Writing Process at that event.
The philm we are working on together is called REVOLUTION. Stay tuned
