Here’s a list of all the videos we showed at the Eye See Sounds festival last Saturday, together with links (where available). A PDF version of this program is available here.

Sigur Ros Special – The Valtari Mystery Film Experiment (2012)
10:00am – 10:56am

In 2012, Sigur Rós gave a dozen film makers the same modest budget and asked them to create whatever came into their head when they listened to songs from the band’s new album Valtari. In September 2012, the band invited fans, film makers and video directors to create a video for one of the songs . The idea was to bypass the usual artistic approval process and allow people the utmost creative freedom. We’re showing a selection of the most interesting results, including the People’s Choice Winner from the fan competition. Contains scenes of nudity. Viewer discretion is advised. Visit http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/valtari/videos/ to see all the films, and stay tuned for the premiere of the final film on December 3rd.

Film #1: Ég Anda
Director: Ragnar Kjartansson

Film #3: Fjögur Píanó
Director: Alma Har’el.
*contains nudity

Film #9: Seraph featuring Rembihnútur and Ekki Múkk
Director: Dash Shaw & John Cameron Mitchell
*contains nudity

Film #10: Ekki Múkk
Director: Nick Abrahams

Film #11: Dauðalogn
Director: Ruslan Fedotow
*contains nudity

Film #14: Valtari
featuring Ekki Múkk, Valtari, Rembihnútur & Varúð
Director: Christian Larson
*contains nudity

Film #15: Varúð
Director: Björn Flóki

10:56am <BREAK> 10MINUTES

11:00am – 11:10am
7:35 in the morning (2004)
A woman enters a cafe only to find its diners in complete silence. Then… a man breaks into song. It’s a surprising, genre-bending film nominated for an Oscar in 2004.
Director: Nacho Vigalondo
Running Time: 7:44

Sounds from 1980 – 1989
11:10am – 11:45am

MTV began broadcasting on the 1st of August, 1981 – spurring the artistic reinvention of the music video format. This session presents 6 classic music videos of the 80s. Featuring Michael Jackson, Run-DMC, Peter Gabriel and Madonna (or, directors David Fincher and John Landis).

Michael Jackson – Thriller (1984)
Director: John Landis
Album: Thriller

Godley and Creme – Cry (1985)
Director: Kevin Godley and Lol Creme
Album: The History Mix Volume 1

a-Ha – Take On Me (1985)
Director: Steve Barron
Album: Hunting High and Low

Run-DMC – Walk This Way (1986)
Director: Jon Small
Album: Sexy and The City

Peter Gabriel – Sledgehammer (1986)
Director: Stephen R. Johnson
Album: So

Madonna – Express Yourself (1989)
Director: David Fincher
Album: Like A Prayer
(unavailable on YouTube)

11:45am <BREAK> 5MINUTES

11:50am – 11:55am
V-Motion Project: Music Made Through Movement
The Motion Project was a collaboration of a lot of clever creative people working together to create a machine that turns motion into music.The interface designed plays a key role in illustrating the idea of the instrument and was intended to highlight the control of the audio by the dancer.
Find out more at http://www.v.co.nz/#the-motion-project
Running Time: 3:35

Sounds from 1990 – 1999
11:55pm – 1:10pm

It is said that the 90s were the golden age of music videos. After the experimental ’80s (and before the anyone-can-do-it glut of the new century), music videos in the ’90s provided an outlet for groundbreaking directors to cultivate an image for an artist or song that could become as memorable as the song itself. Eye See Sounds presents a selection of some of the groundbreaking music videos from the 90s – featuring artists like Jamiroquai, Missy Elliot, Chemical Brothers and Massive Attack (or from a directors’ perspective, the works of Spike Jonze, Jonathan Glazer, Hype Williams and Michel Gondry).

Jamiroquai – Half The Man (1994)
Director: Paul Boyd & Jim Gible
Album: The Return of The Space Cowboy

Notorious B.I.G – Sky’s The Limit (1997)
Director: Spike Jonze
Album: Life After Death

Jamiroquai – Virtual Insanity (1997)
Director: Jonathan Glazer
Album: Travelling Without Moving

Missy Elliot – Bitch (1997)
Director: Harold “Hype” Williams
Album: Da Real World
(unavailable on YouTube)

Blur – Coffee and TV (1999)
Director: Hammer & Tongs (Garth Jennings & Nick Goldsmith)
Album: 13

Chemical Brothers – Let Forever Be (1999)
Director: Michel Gondry
Album: Surrender

Fatboy Slim – Praise You (1999)
Director: Spike Jonze
Album: You’ve Come along Way Baby

Janet Jackson – Got Til It’s Gone (1997)
Director: Mark Romanek
Album: the Velvet Rope

UNKLE feat. Thom Yorke – Rabbit In Your Headlights (1998)
Director: Jonathan Glazer
Album: Psyence Fiction

Massive Attack – Unfinished Sympathy (1991)
Director: Baillie Walsh
Album: Blue Lines

Busta Rhymes – Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See (1997)
Director: Harold Hype Williams
Album: When Disaster Strikes

Wyclef – Another One Bites The Dust (1998)
Director: Michel Gondry
Album: Greatest Hits III

Lucas – Lucas With The Lid Off (1994) (my favourite one take)
Director: Michel Gondry
Album: Lucacentric

The Pharcyde – Drop (1995)
Director: Spike Jonze
Album: Labcabincalifornia

The Making of Pharcyde’s “The Drop”

Lauryn Hill – Everything is Everything (1999)
Director: Sanji
Album: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Leftfield featuring Afrika Bambaataa – Afrika Shox (1999)
Director: Chris Cunningham
Album: Rhythm and Stealth

1:10PM LUNCH BREAK (40 MINUTES)
Sounds from 2000 – 2009
2:00pm – 3:05pm

The early 2000s were characterized by post-millenial angst and postmodern deconstruction of the music video format. This section features form-bending music videos from artists like D’Angelo, The White Stripes and OK Go. The later years saw a shift towards more optimistic themes – as seen in the works of Tori Amos and Erykah Badu.

D’Angelo – Untitled (How Does It Feel) – (2000)
Director: Paul Hunter and Dominique Trenier
Album: Voodoo

Fatboy Slim – Weapon of Choice (2001)
Director: Spike Jonze
Album: Halfway Between The Gutter and The Stars

Johnny Cash – Hurt (2003)
Director: Mark Romanek
Album: American IV: The Man Comes Around

The White Stripes -The Hardest Button to Button (2005)
Director: Michel Gondry
Album: Elephant

OK Go – Here It Goes Again (2006)
Director: Sie and the Band
Album: Oh No

Gnarls Barkley – Going On (2008)
Director: Wendy Morgan
Album: The odd Couple

Nas – Thief’s Theme (2004)
Director: Ben Mor
Album: Street’s Disciple

Jay Z – 99 Problems (2004)
Director: Mark Romanek
Album: The Black Album

Kylie Minogue – Come Into My World (2002)
Director: Michel Gondry
Album: Fever

UNKLE – Heaven (2009)
Director: Spike Jonze
Album: End Titles

Massive Attack – Live With Me (2006)
Director: Jonathan Glazer
Album: Let it Bleed

Audioslave – Cochise (2002)
Director: Mark Romanek
Album: Audioslave
may cause epileptic fits

Emily Haines and the Soft Skeleton – Doctor Blind (2006)
Director: Jaron Albertin
Album: Knives Don’t Have Your Back

Tori Amos – A Sorta Fairytale (2002)
Director: Sanji
Album: Scarlet’s Walk

Gnarls Barkley – Who’s Gonna Save My Soul? (2008)
Director: Chris Milk
Album: the Odd Couple

Erykah Badu – Honey (2008)
Director: Badu and Chris Robinson
Album: New Amerykah Part One (4th World war)

BREAK: 3:05pm – 3:10pm

3:10pm – 3:20pm
Battle of the Drumlines (2012)
A documentary short exploring the concept of the drumline, featuring footage and interviews filmed in Brooklyn in April 2012 during the annual Battle of the Drumlines.
Director: Charles Stone III
Running Time: 8:05

Sounds from the Present
3:20pm – 3:55pm

While music video budgets aren’t what they used to be, it’s also never been easier for someone to make a decent-looking music video entirely on their own. With that ongoing collapse in mind, some of this year’s best videos relied on little but raw personality. Features the works of M. I. A., Woodkid and Jackiwa (and directors Romain Gavras and the ever-talented Spike Jonze).

Janelle Monae – Many Moons (Official Short Film) (2010)
Director: Alan Ferguson
Album: Metropolis: Suite I (The Chase)

Woodkid – Iron (2011)
Director:Yoann Lemoine
Album: Iron EP

Woodkid – Run Boy Run (2012)
Director: Yoann Lemoine
Album: The Golden Age

MIA – Bad Girls (2012)
Director: Romain Gavras
Album: Vicki leekx

Jay Z & Kanye West – Otis (2011)
Director: Spike Jonze
Album: Watch The Throne

Passion Pit – I’ll Be Alright (2012)
Director: Greg Barth
Album: Gossamer

Die Antwoord – Fatty Boom Boom (2012)
Director: Directed by Ninja, Terence Neale and Saki Fokken Bergh
Album: Tension

Of Monsters and Men – Little Talks(2012)
Director: Mihai Wilson & Marcella Moser
Album: My Head is an Animal

Jackiwa – Life History (2012)
Director: Njopa-Em Communications
Album: N/A

Radiohead Special
3:55pm – 4:25pm

From Jonathan Glazer to the ever-present Michel Gondry, the majority of Radiohead’s videos are helmed by highly skilled individuals with esteemed artistic vision. These videos are as entertaining as they are substantial. This section features the best music videos from their 27-year career.

Fake Plastic Trees (1995)
Director: Jake Scott
Album: The Bends

Karma Police (1997)
Director: Jonathan Glazer
Album: Ok Computer

Knives Out (2001)
Director: Michel Gondry
Album: Amnesiac

Paranoid Android (1997)
contains nudity
Director: Magnus Carlsson
Album: Ok Computer

Street Spirit (Fade Out) (1996)
Director: jonathan Glazer
Album: The Bends

All I Need (for MTV’s EXIT Campaign) (2008)
Director: Steve Rogders
Album: In Rainbows

BREAK: 4:25pm – 4:35pm

4:35pm – 4:48pm
To Build A Home – Cinematic Orchestra (2007)
A moving collaboration between British jazz outfit Cinematic Orchestra (featuring their tracks “To Build A Home” and “”Breathe” from their album “Ma Fleur”) and directors Up The Resolution.
Director: Up The Resolution
Running Time: 12:53

Bjork Special
4:50pm – 5:12pm

Björk (Iceland) is known for embracing the music video medium, beginning with her Spike Jones-directed 1995 video for “It’s Oh So Quiet” and her more experimental work such as “Hyper-Ballad.” With the overwhelming similarity of many of today’s songstresses and pop stars, some comfort can be found in the fact that Björk has maintained her eccentricity throughout her careet. The Icelandic singer has remained steadfast in artistic exploration, not only in her music but also in her music videos.

It’s Oh So Quiet (1995)
Director: Spike Jonze
Album: Post

All Is Full of Love (1999)
Director: Chris Cunningham
Album: Homogenic

Hidden Place (2001)
Director: M/M Paris Designers & Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin
Album: Verspertine

Army of Me (1995)
Director: Michel Gondry
Album: Post

Cocoon (2007)
Director: Eiko Ishioka
Album: Verspertine

BREAK: 5:12pm – 5:22pm

5:22pm – 5:28pm
My Favourite Color (2011)
Israeli-born Kutiman (born Ophir Kutiel) turned heads in 2009 with the release of his ThruYou EP. He collected, edited and spliced together hundreds of YouTube clips of amateur musicians and teachers, weaving an album out of the intricate body of instruments and vocals. “My Favorite Color” is his most popular YouTube effort.
Director: Kutiman
Running Time: 5:19pm

5:30pm – 7:20pm
Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
Aging Cuban musicians whose talents had been virtually forgotten following Castro’s takeover of Cuba, are brought out of retirement by Ry Cooder, who travelled to Havana in order to bring the musicians together, resulting in triumphant performances of extraordinary music, and resurrecting the musicians’ careers.
Director: Wim Wenders
Starring: Compay Segundo, Eliades Ochoa, Ry Cooder, Joachim Cooder, Ibrahim Ferrer
Running Time: 1hr 40 minutes

7:30pm – 9:18pm
Chicago (2002)
Murderesses Velma Kelly (a chanteuse and tease who killed her husband and sister after finding them in bed together) and Roxie Hart (who killed her boyfriend when she discovered he wasn’t going to make her a star) find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago.
Director: Rob Marshall
Starring: Taye Diggs, Cliff Saunders, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renee Zellweger
Running Time: 1hr 48 minutes