Ahead of Philip Selway’s new album Strange Dance, due out February 24 via Bella Union, comes this black-and-white music video for one of the album’s tracks, “Check For Signs Of Life.”
The video for Radiohead’s Selway was directed by William Williamson and produced by Uncommon Creative Studio. The piece features a quartet of award-winning dancers and choreographers: Siobhan Davies, Kenneth Olumuyiwa Tharp, Simone Damberg Würtz and Liam Francis. Davies is one of the UK’s most celebrated dancers and choreographers while Damberg Würtz is a leading light of the Rambert Dance Company.
“Check for Signs of Life” comes from an idea Selway had to develop a dance piece over a series of songs, exploring imagined conversations between future and past selves. The music itself is a haunting arrangement which finds Selway musing over where he finds himself in his life and thinking about human connection.
Over a series of rehearsals, director Williamson and DP Adric Watson worked with the dancers to bring the camera into the mix as a fifth dancer, and a one-shot approach became clear, with the video taking the lead from the choreography and setting out to enhance and interpret the work, while not overshadowing the subtle movements.
CreditsClient Philip Selway; Bella Union label, Mark Byrne; ATC, Brian Message, management. Dance Talent Liam Francis, Simone Wurtz, dancers & choreographers; Kenneth Olumuyiwa Tharp, Siobhan Davies, dancers. Production Uncommon Creative Studio William Williamson, director; Adric Watson, DP; George Cassavetti, 1st AD; Jake Whitehouse, Steadicam operator; Marianthi Hatzikidi, stylist; Aaliyah Oke, hair & makeup. Editorial Whitehouse Post Ben Canny, editor. Postproduction House Cheat Jack McGinty, colorist.
The Best Work You May Never See: C3P, No Fixed Address Show Us There Are No “Safe Spaces” In Canada When Kids Are Online
Creative agency No Fixed Address has partnered with the Canadian Centre for Child Protection (C3P) to raise awareness about the alarming increase in online child sexual exploitation in Canada. The “Safe Spaces” campaign alerts parents to the fact that nowhere is currently safe for a Canadian child--not their school, not their playground, not even their own bedroom--as soon as they’re online.
This “Safe Spaces” public service film--directed by Amélie Hardy via production company Carton Rouge--features the mothers of six victims of online sexual exploitation, telling their kid’s stories from the same places they assumed their child would be safe. These courageous moms have not only suffered the nightmare of what happened to their children, they’ve suffered under the assumption by many Canadians that it is somehow their fault for not keeping their children safe. This is the preconception the “Safe Spaces” campaign seeks to change. This can happen to anyone. Predators are everywhere online. And they’re targeting everyone. The campaign is urging Canadians to support the federal government’s Online Harms Bill, which would require social media companies to provide meaningful protection to children online.
“These courageous moms chose to share their heartbreaking stories to help Canadians understand why we desperately need legislation to protect our children from dangerous spaces online, just like we do offline,” said Lianna McDonald, executive director of C3P. “This is why we need safety regulations for the platforms kids use every day, as proposed in the Online Harms Bill.”
Alexis Bronstorph, chief creative officer at No Fixed Address, said, “We were blown away by the courage of these moms for sharing their stories.... Read More