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South African Filmmaker and Photographer Drew Cox
Friday, 20 May 2011
Thursday, 19 May 2011
Body Art
Movement test with Canon 7D
Test Shoot that I shot and edited with the Canon 7D. Teamed up with model and dancer Theio Maddix to test out the camera.
Soho Soho - New Directors from the Art World
Recent post about Drew Cox by Soho Soho detailing directors working in the realms of the art world.
http://www.sohosoho.tv/newsletter/059/featured/crossroads.html?dm_i=875,FDX7,2LDS9K,18OKI,1
http://www.sohosoho.tv/newsletter/059/featured/crossroads.html?dm_i=875,FDX7,2LDS9K,18OKI,1
The General Mashup
Fun Bobby pushing his Dodge Challenger to the limits!! The car is literally a beast.
Cape Town Drifters
Video from Cape Town, South Africa in 2006, down near Wallacedean Housing Estate. Went down to get some smoke and came accross this huge drag and drifting spot. Were over like 600 people all hundled in a circle, music bumping from all the hundreds of cars gathered around. Some super suped up, others literally put together with tape and wire. The atmosphere was electric, with people drinking, shouting, laughing, chatting. When i finally managed to push my way to the front of the circle, i came face to face with four screeching tires, wielding their way towards me. Literally had to jump out the way to avoid being mashed up!
Sadly the police shuit down the entire area only months after I was there, due to a number of spectator deaths, literally getting taken out by the cars, and also due to rising violence in the area. Such a shame as it was a one of a kind. The smell, the rumbling basslines, the chats and shouts of people just trying to escape their mudane lives.
Thanks David for the hook up!!
Live video for Senegalese artist Batch Gueye
A little video I shot and edited for my good friend Batch Gueye. The track is called 'Bamba' and is based on the infamous spiritual leader from Senegal, Amadou Bamba. The video was shot in one night in Bristol, just using the natural light of the fire. Wanted to create something simple and that had a real live feeling to it. Hope you like.
New video for Salem 'Redlights' by Drew Cox
New remixed video for the US band Salem, track is called 'Redlights'. I shot and edited this little piece for a bit of fun and just because I think this band are entrancingly heavy! thanks to my friend Lotan who provided us with her beautiful one of a kind spine and shoulder blades. None of the footage has been modified in any way. Just the way it is!
The future of uk hip hop DELS
Music Video for DELS, 'Trumpalump'. Banging this
and 'Gob' Dave Sitek Remix.
and 'Gob' Dave Sitek Remix.
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
Tuesday, 2 February 2010
Questions for a monk on a mountain
Why do I choose my own path? Why do I listen to the words of those inspirational naysayers spreading the searing words of creative revolution? Why do I keep on pushing? Why do I just not give up? Why do I take the abuse, the fuss, the mess, the confusion, the paranoia, the inconclusive waste?
Why do I look to others in my time of need? Why do I bother to ask? Why
Why am I still not satisfied, after being stepped on, cheated and cursed? Why do I envy the unknowing? Why do I tread this line of unconsciousness? Why do I saver the bitter taste?
Furousha
Homeless stories from Tokyo.The area of Sanya, located in the Taito ward of Tokyo, is home to one of the largest populations of homeless, or 'Furousha' in the city of Tokyo. Throughout Tokyo's history, the area now called Sanya, located in the east of Tokyo was a no go area, and during the Edo period was where prisoners were sent to be executed. The modern Sanya was created after World War II, when Tokyo's homeless were sheltered there in the ever growing number of blue refuge tents.Outcast and neglected from society, many of these individuals have found refuge in many areas around the parks and train stations of the city, but seem primarily to have found solice and some sense of community in this unique oasis of Tokyo. Where many of them, previous day laborers, came to seek work. Government estimates put the total number of people sleeping on the streets at well over 300 people every night, just in the Sanya area.The one strip of road, running near Minami Senju train station, is completely over run with people sleeping rough, primarily men but also a few women. Often a couple hundred people gather under the shelter of the old arcade shopping strip, overlooked by a constant police presence.
Most of the people I met, were all very friendly, hospitable and accommodating, but had given up an existence within formal society, for whatever their individual reasons. Alcohol abuse is high and mental illness and sickness seem to be a large problem due to their choice of lifestyle.There are a few organizations providing support, primarily government subsidiaries, NGO's, local christian aids and charities who periodically provide soup kitchens, hand out blankets and clothing and try their best to cope with the ever increasing number of people fleeing to the streets.The problem is a largely neglected issue in Japan which just seems to be completely overlooked by the government and swept beneath the ever growing blanket of the current recession.
Shape in a moving world
Placing squares in triangle boxes.
Ideas come from the world around us and are shaped by our own experiences to form new learning. From the lines and contours of the branches of a tree twisting in the wind, to the moulded lines of expression on a persons face. The way we perceive shape is the way we relate to our world and how we communicate within it.
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