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u2 video collage/homage

December 19th, 2006 at 07:09am cicada

Sorry no art postings recently - I have a portrait commission and some applications to do before I can get on with the creativity. Right now I’m going through a collage phase, so you can expect some of that - it’s not a technique I normally use, but I’m enjoying it a lot.

When you’re working with found materials, it constrains and guides you in unexpected ways, which is paradoxically very freeing. (I, like many others, become slightly paralyzed by unlimited options: see this New Yorker book review if you don’t believe me).

Anyway, I just ran across this new U2 video, which represents the collage sensibility quite well. Plus, it’s fun to try and name all the classic and contemporary musicians in it.