This “Shortest Billboards” campaign from Munich agency Serviceplan Campaign X lets pedestrians in Berlin experience what MINI drivers do via the car’s Real-Time Traffic feature.
This film captures the essence of the concept as doors, ladders and stairs are custom fit to special billboards, enabling pedestrians to shorten the distance they walk by up to 12 minutes. In short, everyone finds the quickest way through the city with MINI Connected–the antidote for rush hour and traffic congestion in the urban jungle.
Credits
Client BMW AG/MINI Deutschland Agency Serviceplan Campaign X, Munich; Neverest Alexander Schill, Serviceplan global chief creative officer. Serviceplan Campaign X: Matgthias Harbeck, creative managing partner; Hans-Peter Sporer, managing creative director; Christina Antes, managing partner; Luitgard Hagl, creative director; Kornelia Szatko, copywriter; Michael Lux, art director; Pascal Plaumann, jr. art director. Neverest: Ewald Pusch, managing director; Jochen Hirt, sr. producer; Norbert Henning, freelance producer. Production It’s us GmbH Ben Fohr, CEO; Stephan Telaar, director; Hakan Cirak, head of production; Karina Kirschner, line producer; Omid Mirnour, Johanna Katz, production assistants.
Dancer turned director Ezra Hurwitz collaborates with Ailey II artistic director Francesca Harper, featuring movement as museum pieces against the Whitney Museum of American Art’s striking architecture for this short film titled Echoes of Ailey. Commissioned to celebrate “Edges of Ailey” at the Whitney Museum, the film accompanies the first large-scale exhibition on the life and enduring legacy of visionary artist and choreographer Alvin Ailey. “Edges of Ailey” is currently on view at the Whitney until February 9.
Animating iconic images from Alvin Ailey’s 20th-century repertory, the film expands on the exhibition by constructing a visual narrative around his storytelling and influences. Set to Radiohead’s “Everything In Its Right Place,” dancers from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Ailey II, and The Ailey School capture the emotional core of the company’s history--physically situating Ailey’s masterworks amongst the Whitney’s collection.
“As a child, my grandmother took me to Ailey’s Revelations once a year,” said Hurwitz. “No matter how often I saw it, the work captivated me. There isn’t one specific thing I hope viewers take away from the film--or one way to interpret its images. It’s meant to be an abstract work, like Ailey’s creations.”
Turning to his archive, Hurwitz and Harper illuminate key sequences symbolic of Ailey’s profound legacy, closing on an uninterrupted sequence from "I’ve Been Buked," the opening movement of Ailey’s legendary "Revelations." Carrying a watershed moment back to its own medium, Echoes of Ailey captures the multigenerational impact of Ailey’s work, continued by his organization. The short film first premiered on Nowness.
