The Mouth Project

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Here's one for track 15 of Mouth Sounds, a sort of gap to fill in this weird little cluster of songs I'm doing first for whatever reason. This was another one that I knew what I wanted from the start, but it took a little tweaking, especially since the song is so short.

This video has some scenes that might count as flashing quickly, but nothing full-screen. There are also sharp implements and fire, but it's not violent.

Artist Statement:

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I knew from the start that I wanted this one to be full of How It's Made type videos of objects being manufactured. It was actually pretty hard to get the timing right, so it's a little sloppier than I would prefer, but I wanted to finish it rather than spend forever on the timing and rhythm. If I really want to, I can remake it later. I'm trying to just make what I make with these, and keep moving forward with them, as a sort of challenge to my own OCD.

I wanted a little variety besides just playing clips from How It's Made, so I thought about other shows I enjoyed in this genre as a child. Unwrapped was of course the next pick, but then I realized a show with a strange industrial aesthetic would fit too: The Most Extreme. A show on Animal Planet that covered animals with abilities that far surpass humans' corresponding abilities, it's well known online as a meme for its surreal CGI segments of humans doing weird things and in weird shapes. It was a favorite of mine at about the same time period as How It's Made and Unwrapped, and it added the perfect little bizarre flavor that made it more personal than just some machinery.