"Planet Earth" documented several years of videography and photojournalism revealing secrets never before seen of our planet. Amazing! In the last few decades, we've seen the Internet, Skype, and Facebook that have brought us a whole lot closer to one another. Now, there's a new medium for artists and dreamers. Welcome, Mass Animation!
A staggering 58,000 participants spanning 101 countries took part in this mind-blowing experiment. I can't collaborate on a press release with more than 2 people, let alone develop a robustly featured, digital, musical piece of futuristic art. "Live Music," the first mass animation project, will open as a 5-minute short before moviegoers watch the new animated full-length feature, "Planet 51". I had not planned to see "Planet 51," a movie about a human astronaut who lands on an alien planet and all of the zany fun that ensues as deal with the shock of discovering one another. To be honest, I would go see the movie just to see "Live Music" on the big screen!
The animated short "Live Music" opens wide the possibilities for artistic collaboration: no more laborious, time consuming travel to and from locations. Artists can work together, from concept to completion, at very great distances during the times that are most creative for them, say 2:00 am Eastern GMT for me (and that's not an exaggeration).
I applaud the completion of the first short film in what I hope to be a long list of such pieces! Check out Mass Animation at
www.facebook.com/massanimation.
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