Björk 'Mouth Mantra' by Jesse Kanda
David Knight - 11th Dec 2015
It was only a matter of time before Bjork, so adventurous, avant garde, and supportive of innovative music video directors, should collaborate with Jesse Kanda, a director whose work for the likes of Arca and FKA Twigs has set him in a class of his own. Now it has happened, and it is extraordinary.
This highly original performance piece for Mouth Mantra takes place partly in a 360 construction of the interior of Bjork's mouth - an animatronic recreation, made at the John Nolan Studio. It's strange, beautiful and brutal - and pure Kanda. Not the easiest watch, frankly, but remarkable nonetheless.
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David Knight - 11th Dec 2015
Credits
Production/Creative
- Director
- Jesse Kanda
- Producer
- Hannah May
- Production Company
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- Executive Producer
- Juliette Larthe
Camera
- Director of Photography
- Magni Agustsson
Wardrobe
- Stylist
- Ellie Grace Cumming
- Hair
- Frida Maria
- Make-up
- Inge Grognard
Editorial
- Editor
- Jesse Kanda
VFX
- VFX
- Jesse Kanda
Misc
- Head Of Production
- Margo Mars
- Production Assistant
- Laura Thomas-Smith
- Asst stylist
- Peghah Maleknejad
Other credits
assistant
Daniel Fletcher
animatronic effects
John Nolan Studio
animatronic effects supervisor
John Nolan
animatronic effects producer
Ebony Maitland
animatronics programmer
Daniel Nolan
senior sculptor
Gary Pollard
senior 3d sculptor
Tom Blake
lead painter
Martha Fein
silicone technician
Rebecca Lofvenmark
mouldmaker
Dan Frye
animatronic designer
Guy Stevens
animatronic designer
Matt Mcmurray
animatronic designer
Adrian Parish
lead puppeteer
Mark Jefferies
puppeteer
Matt Hutchinson
puppeteer
Will Banyard
gaffer
Harry Gay
gaffer
Paul Sallent
bts/stills
Sapphire Goss
icelandic production
Truenorth
producer
Rafnar Hermannsson
line producer
Arni Pall Hansson
pa
Sunna G Petursdottir
1st ad
Harpa Elisa Thorsdottir
1st ac
Hakon Sverrisson
2nd ac
Eva Rut Hjaltadottir
grip
Bragi Thor
video playback
Bui Baldvinsson
seamstress
Asdis
prop master
Gudni Runar
gaffer
Bjarni Fel
best boy
Oli Trollabarn
electrician
Jon Marino
360 research & vr development
Andrew Melchior
360 technology development
Dentsu Lab Tokyo
360 development producer
Kaoru Sugano
360 development producer
Reiko Kunieda
360 technical & visual development
Rhizomatiks Research
360 technical & visual development director
Daito Manabe
360 technical development
Yuya Hanai
360 technical development
Muryo Honma
special thanks to
björk, derek birkett, one little indian records, james t merry, sony action cam, dentsu lab tokyo, rhizomatiks research, corbis entertainment, john nolan studio, andrew melchior, darbi donaldson, greg furber, lloyd winston, panalux
David Knight - 11th Dec 2015