Arcade Fire's "We Used to Wait" is a different type of music-video experience. It's one that you can only watch on a computer (and a high-functioning computer at that), but more importantly, one that brings the viewer's own childhood associations into the work. "We Used to Wait", which you can watch here, uses Google Street View images of your first house, turning old memories inside-out and drawing them into a series of images that won't leave your head anytime soon. Simply from a technological standpoint, it's pretty staggering, and it suggests lots of future possibilities for the medium. But it's also a fiercely affecting piece of art, the sort of thing that can send your brain down all kinds of rabbit holes.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
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Arcade Fire's "We Used to Wait" is a different type of music-video experience. It's one that you can only watch on a computer (and a high-functioning computer at that), but more importantly, one that brings the viewer's own childhood associations into the work. "We Used to Wait", which you can watch here, uses Google Street View images of your first house, turning old memories inside-out and drawing them into a series of images that won't leave your head anytime soon. Simply from a technological standpoint, it's pretty staggering, and it suggests lots of future possibilities for the medium. But it's also a fiercely affecting piece of art, the sort of thing that can send your brain down all kinds of rabbit holes.
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