Jimi Crayon delivers his multi-media extravaganza for Dagenham grime act Devlin, translating the lyric via nine TV sets – with computers, old video recorders and speakers making up an impressive cube sculpture – in the absence of the artist.

“I really wanted to build something sculptural and unusual,” says Jimi. “We used hundreds of different parts to build our creation – including speakers, suitcases, cables, VHS and cassette tapes. There were nine laptops hidden behind the sculpture each feeding a different edit of the video to a specific TV.

“Although post work was needed, we managed to get the whole video playing in realtime across all nine screens. It was really impressive to see old school analogue equipment working with brand new Macbooks. There was lots of technicalities to consider but it was well worth the loss of brain cells.”

Devlin
Our Father
Director: Jimi Crayon
Prod Co: Spring 69/Protein
Producer: Adam Farley
Exec Producer: Bridie Woodward
9 screen pre-edit: Dave Graham
Editor: Dave Graham
DoP: Sam Goldie
Art director: Ben Lack
AV Tech: Matt Ding DIng
Post: Iain Welland
Devlin official website

Related posts:

1. Graffiti 6’s Stare Into The Sun by Jimi Crayon Jimi Crayon’s second video for Graffiti 6 is for the...
2. Graffiti 6’s Annie You Save Me by Jimi Crayon Artist/designer Jimi Crayon moved over to directing recently and one...
3. Devlin’s Brainwashed by Dan Sully Dan Sully’s first video at Love is this TV thriller-style...