Kanye West "Power" Music Video Painting

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I know this is old at this point and most have undoubtedly seen it already. But just watched and was impressed again by it and thought I'd post it up.



“POWER shows a continuous camera move from extreme close-up of Mr. West revealing an a neoclassical video tableau showing characters and creatures surrounding him in an abstract environment – all moving in extreme slow motion.

Inspired by Michelangelo’s frescos in the Sistine Chapel, the piece depicts a faux historical moment – an empire on the brink of collapse from its own excess, decadence and corruption.”

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And here's the original video mural created by artist Marco Brambilla, entitled "Civilization", from which Kanye was inspired and decided to commission the new work for Power



"Civilization, a video mural created for the new Standard hotel in New York City, depicts a journey from hell to heaven interpreted through modern film language using computer-enhanced found footage. This epic video mural contains over 300 individual channels of looped video blended into a multi-layered seamless tableau of interconnecting images that illustrate a contemporary, satirical take on the concepts of Heaven and Hell."