Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'... somewhere between the present and the future.
I swear, we're almost there. November is over, the turkey has been snuffed and stuffed. And speaking of overindulging, we've got six videos on tap this month, the final two entries were judged a photo finish by our distinguished panel of mimes and marionettes.
As always, the prestigious Barclay Award is presented each month for outstanding achievement in indie video artistry.
The current Top 5 features amazing women who take no shit, a hip-hop horror movie, and "Dolphins On Wheels," which belongs in a genre all its own.
1. Producer: Unlocked Films
Artist: April March
Song: "Chick Habit"
Category: Narrative
Pundits and savants are already quaking in fear over the possibility that now is the time that righteous women take back the night and kick ass. We welcome our new witch overlords.
2. Producer: Chris Cotton
Artist: Loyalty Is Timeless
Song: "Space"
Category: Narrative
Hip-hop and horror go together like spice on rice. The line between grim reality and mad science is gossamer thin, and we have to stick together against bumps in the night.
3. Producer: Alex Videographie
Artist: Markus Schultz
Song: "We Are The Light"
Category: Narrative
So, the skateboard is a metaphor for making the best use of the tools around us? Or perhaps the story boils down to showing more respect for the paths taken by others. Anyway, it's a thought-provoking vignette, shrewdly rendered.
4. Producer: Skinny PM + Mane Precieuse
Artist: Holly Guelce
Song: "Mwen Jenn Manmou"
Category: Performance
Dancer Mane Precieuse's defiant choreography transforms this deceptively simple video into a torch of revolution and release. Our souls are free to dance despite oppression to the body.
5. Producer: Anna Harvey
Artist: Sia
Song: "Bird Set Free"
Category: Narrative
A beautiful model has a psychotic break because she's lost control of her life. The editing contrast between her composed exterior and her fraying grip on reality is frighteningly realized.
5. Producer: Faculty of Art + Design (FAD)
Artist: Kill The Noise + Dillon Francis
Song: "Dolphins On Wheels"
Category: Narrative
I will never forget where I was when I watched "Dolphins On Wheels." This video demands your attention and never surrenders. A childish farce that offers a nerd hero who won't conform, the Faculty of Art and Design have created a very special spectacle that you won't forget, even if you try. That's what we do at TikiKiti: Display Unofficial Music Videos from all corners of the world that wash up on our shore like notes in bottles. Keep sending them, we're here and loving it.
