I’m popping up North for a couple of weeks to be all Creative Directorial with LOVE on something amazing. Can’t say more than that. Top secret. It’ll be great to be back in Manchester.
James Bowthorpe and Antony Crook are two very good friends of mine so it goes without saying that I’d get involved with something so close to their hearts…
This is a taster trailer for Hudson River Project, due to start filming in September 2012.
A film by Antony Crook and James Bowthorpe
Original soundtrack by Mogwai.
Hudson River Project: Build a boat from a city’s waste, take it to the source of the city’s river – the river without which the city would not exist – and row the boat back.
This story connects the source of the Hudson River to NYC, the great city that sits at its mouth.
The film follows a man as he makes a boat from NYC’s waste, the detritus of a modern megalopolis, and takes it to the source of the Hudson River high in the Adirondack Mountains, at Lake Tear of the Clouds.
He rows the boat back to NYC, through wilderness, countryside, farms, towns and industry, all of which rely on the mighty river that flows past, all of which are threads of the river’s story.
It needs a Kickstart. Please donate so this beautiful project can get off the ground.
It’s been a long time since my work was considered cool. Those days are long gone. So it gives this old man the greatest pleasure when hearing a client say that its even beyond ‘cool’…its “too cool”. It seems these two ideas for a well known shampoo brand were just that. A little too much. Jules (Agent) and I thought otherwise but the client is always right…right? Hmm…anyway, I thought I’d share. I’m 39 tomorrow…so I don’t feel “too cool”.
No reason for it – just DON’T!
He’s a very interesting guy Chris Griffin. So much so that I agreed to develop a brand and website for his business. More of One Life Partnership as it progresses.
It’s nice to be back working with Pickled Egg. McFaulStudio build their brand several years ago…and the site has seen many manifestations since…so its nice to be able to give it a revamp and play with it all a little bit with a renewed vision in mind. More of this to come.
For someone leaving for pastures new.
