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Civilization is a video installation we created with artist/director Marco Brambilla for the elevators Standard Hotel in NYC. It's comprised of over 400 video clips and it takes elevator passengers on a trip from hell to heaven as they go up or from heaven to hell as they go down. Pictures of the installation and Q&A with Brambilla and Crush is posted here glossyinc.com/civilization.html

Title: Civilization (MEGAPLEX), 2008 By: Marco Brambilla
Client: The Standard Hotel, New York
Editor/Research Assistant: Beau Dickson
Assistant: Swapna Tamhane
Production Company: Crush, Toronto
Representation/Images Courtesy of: Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica
Marco Brambilla Directorial Representation: Stink UK

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Kviar 2 years ago

Nice, it's look like a painting from Jérome Bosh
images.google.be/images?hl=nl&q=jerome+bosh&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=WMsvSt2fIePRjAef4cSGCw&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&resnum=1&ct=title
AHShelto 2 years ago

Good call. I was going say but you beat me to the punch!
Illusive Media 1 year ago

isnt he typically referred to as hieronymus bosch ?
Derek Williams 4 months ago

that's what I thought too, but the site says "Jerome", I thought for a second maybe he had a twin or something
Bettina Tizzy 2 years ago

Drooling over the elevator concept. Interestingly, we had a content creation festival in Second Life last year on this theme. Most of what you show here could have been or HAS been realized in 3D. npirl.blogspot.com/2008/05/virtual-art-show-that-would-not-be.html Put some 3D in your elevator :)
Climenole, LLC 2 years ago

Very nice, and great choice on Stravinsky's Rite of Spring for the music!
Swany 2 years ago

epic.
Jeon ht. 2 years ago

wow........
fantastic visual! nicely done!
Dmitriy Antonov 2 years ago

This sure is super great.
Dave Sieg 2 years ago

Awesome! Does it pause if the elevator stops at an intermediate floor on the way up/down?
bryan papierski 2 years ago

details! nice!
Ryan Gannon 2 years ago

So cool. It's like a living collage.
Matthew Brown (Matty Brown) 2 years ago

How much did it cost? There seems to be a lot of copyright licensing involved.
Patxi Hastoy 2 years ago

Lol thought the same I guess designer have access to video databank with a volume fee... I guess
C. Jeff 2 years ago

Epic Trip.
Charles Huettner 2 years ago

thats wild
CRUSH 2 years ago

It is an art piece first and foremost. The artist, Marco Brambilla is immensely talented, with a momumntal vision. As much as we brought to the piece it really is Marco's vision. It really is a moving painting rather than a standard video piece. It doesn't pause but it does reverse. The cost? Well, I think it is actually for sale through Marco's gallery in Los Angeles. What it cost to make? It was a labour of love for all involved. it took roughly six months to complete, and had a team at Crush of roughly eight people.
Matthew Brown (Matty Brown) 2 years ago

So you guys didn't go through any licensing fees to use many of those shots? If the hotel is paying for it and there are copyright issues you guys might want to watch out for getting sued. The bigger production companies in Los Angeles are recently getting very trigger happy and looking for anyone to sue over copyright infringement. I'm just pointing that out to your attention in case you guys didn't put thought into that yet. With that concern aside, I think it really is an amazing piece of work. I'd love to go to the Hotel it's going to be installed at to check it out in person. Thanks for sharing! :)
Bill Blomgren 2 years ago

Wow - Incredible work on your and Marco's part... I'm amazed that a hotel would like to refer to the lobby as "hell" however... - "Your room is in second purgatory, room 3005...."
B Unis 2 years ago

NYC boutique hotels are like that. Fantastic concept and execution.
Travis Gregory 2 years ago

Did you shoot all of the individual pieces yourselves or is there any stock footage being used? Very, very conceptual. Nice work!
Miguel Ramos 2 years ago

amazing :D
David Dalmazzo 2 years ago

I would like to watch it in HD. It's amazing!
Patxi Hastoy 2 years ago

Me too
Franck Deron 2 years ago

Yes please!
BJ Heinley 1 year ago

+1
Lukas Vojir 2 years ago

It's brilliant indeed... the question of licensing is interesting though as most of the content is actually cut out of hollywood films.. am I right? Do you need to get permission, or is there a rule saying that as long as it's a piece of art and the footage is use in a collage you are free to use it..?
kaspars 2 years ago

tottal awesomeness
Terry Rayment 2 years ago

God is flexing
bebopdesigner 2 years ago

Bloody hell! I'm blown away. Thanks for that!
Mageztic Stewdioz 2 years ago

Great compositions
Feras Khagani 2 years ago

wowee wow wow wow.

yeah, make sure you don't get sued. I recognized maybe fifty different movies in there.
Feras Khagani 2 years ago

I would imagine since you're really sampling a few seconds rather than entire clips, i don't think you'd run into too much trouble, but it's worth investigating.
misfitsherry 2 years ago

crush knows what they are doing! :)
Bluesea 2 years ago

brilliant!
Lee 2 years ago

It's amazing! 让人感觉很神圣！
laing.one 2 years ago

是啊我也这么觉得
rickflick 2 years ago

Wow. Great job guys.
peter zekeres 2 years ago

Perfect! ;)
Seren Wade 2 years ago

Fantastic!
kevin collins 2 years ago

I've never seen more comps in one place! very cool.
malcolm man 2 years ago

some crazy composting. I don't know how you guys are gonna get away with all of those images though...
Chubby Networks 2 years ago

Purely creative work, a labor of love you say, Brilliant!
London Theatre Blog 2 years ago

It's epic and brilliant. I would love to have seen some intimate moments in the film, where a single detail is pulled out before receding back into this sprawling mass.
Manuel Drexl 2 years ago

amazing..and there's the marshmallowman too!
Nikio 2 years ago

WOWOWOWOWW!!! This is epic indeed! This is what Lawrence Lessing is promoting in his book Remix.

It is simply stunning what you did. Beauty is in the details!
Tenzin C 2 years ago

woah, this really puts the end of the world in perspective.
Wiland Pinsdorf 2 years ago

Wow! It looks like a DJ mixing and sampling work, but with images.
Jeremy HUGUES DIT CILES 2 years ago

Best samsara I've ever seen ! Bravo ! Bien vu !
Seri Benazzi 2 years ago

A delightful Bosch casting of extant images creating a fascinating experience of beauty. As Gaudi stated, "originality goes back to origins." As for for licensing, I cannot care as much as others in view of such beauty. Send me to jail for watching, but just let me watch it again in my cell.
Chas B 2 years ago

I have never done acid but I'm guessing that this is what it would be like. great job people.

Oh and the music perfect choice
ailatanotos 2 years ago

OMG!!

I had a very good dream whatching this beauty.

Thanks.
Lin Lin 2 years ago

fantastic!
meltingman 2 years ago

Whoooooo c'est superbe.. merci pour ce beau délire :-)

Thank you :-)
Ethnomite Pux 2 years ago

would like to see on a big screen ... the colours look wonderful.
FX Films 2 years ago

completely mesmerising, amazing, beautiful....oh but your poor PC/Mac, having to cope with that complex composition!!
Jim Helton 2 years ago

Awesome! I would also like to see it on a big screen to see all the details.
daniel feles 2 years ago

Wow!
I can't belive my eyes!
johance quijada 2 years ago

wow very interesting!!!

flickr.com/photos/johancequijada/
Harry Juselius 2 years ago

Wow...great ..what a brilliant idea and exellent performance with good music choice... well done....give us more....hj.
Juan Pablo Bouza 2 years ago

This is so inspiring!! Thanks a lot and keep it up!
Brandon Ray 2 years ago

Feels like Bosch meets Wizard of Oz brought to life with the power of advanced video compositing.

If you sold tickets for this elevator at a theme park, I'd probably ride it all day long!
Helena Bulaja 2 years ago

wow..yes very nice...I can imagine it ina elevator... ; )...what about the guests....did they go through catharsis if they sleep on upper mid floors....must be a strange feeling going down the Hell every day and back to the Haven Room...like the work, but must be a strange feeling.....I am curious to know what the ordinary guest feels about this...
rebecca 2 years ago

WOW!!!! AWSOME!!!!

that was like a party for my eyes!!!!!!

:D
Moritz Reichartz 2 years ago

bombastic! its the first moving painting i saw.. something that i always dreamed of, but didnt know before seeing it!!! absolutely breathtaking!!!
yucehunkar 2 years ago

how can this video made ?. it is like a dream.
its look like heaven and hell.
Bill T. 2 years ago

Wow! Fabulous piece. Got my attention and held it. Brilliant imagery.
Boreal 2 years ago

mind blowing.
Ghamal de la Guardia 2 years ago

Amazing. Epic. Love the God is flexing part!
Rafael Bautista 2 years ago

Great video. Somehow I kept thinking of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel. So many stories being told at once.
EzzA 2 years ago

Very cool!

What is Michael Jackson doing in Heaven though?! lol
Lord Melvin M. Lusterio 2 years ago

Wonderful! Let us choose Heaven as our eternal home!
Trevor Jacobson 2 years ago

There was so much going on inside that video I have no real idea what the overall message was supposed to be.

But the overall product was so trippy I absolutely loved it! Nice work guys!
Zyfddi 2 years ago

awasome
mike ambs 2 years ago

That's crazy :) Great job!
Stephen Niebauer 2 years ago

intense
Yoon Shik Kim 2 years ago

WOW!! Completely eccentric and yet inspiring!! This was excellent!!
Bastian L'arq Olea 2 years ago

Please, pleade, post the HD version!
Simon Erich 2 years ago

I'm with everyone else, I think this is a beautiful and visually stunning piece!
I'm also with the group in wondering how you're dealing with the copyright issues attached with such a work. It really doesn't matter the size, length or effects applied over a clip from a movie, the studio can pursue you for copyright infringement.
Again, great work... I was surprised to read that you ended up using a Flame to composite everything, I guess it was a little too much for After Effects!
Pat Grimm 2 years ago

I wish to see it in super high res in public space at night/evening summer time! or in turbine hall in TATE MODERN in London as well...good luck!
La fusa 2 years ago

Increible
Urge Productions 2 years ago

This is great, even if not in HD.
Would love to see the installation. New York soon...
Beder 2 years ago

awesome.
michael walker 2 years ago

i didnt get what it was at first but now i understand it...really well put together :) enjoyed it too
eslam amin 2 years ago

WoW what a composition
that`s great
WoW
Schtals 2 years ago

massive.
someone's been taking acid here.
Carlo 2 years ago

Awesome.
The Red Paintings 2 years ago

Hey there, would you guys be up for working with a band on music video? i have song i can send to view...Cheers Trash
Shagane Barsegian Launey 2 years ago

I like your work, it made me think of the movie Mitropolis. I don't know if you are familiar with it. It is a great film from 1927, Silent Film. There is a scene there where a young and naive prince goes from the top of the earth (heaven, the good place) to the bottom of the earth(hell, ugly place where all the labor and workers are). If you have not seen it, I think you would really enjoy it ;)
satinplasticworks . 2 years ago

wow totally cool
Simone Lagrotteria 2 years ago

awesome!!! still wonder how you did that
rotov 2 years ago

Where's Wally?......
Christian Tafur 2 years ago

Awesome, this would make an awesome screensaver too!!!!
Dancefloor Mayhem 2 years ago

This is amazing!
Jason Bosch 2 years ago

I am stunned! Absolutely brilliant.
Martin Capatinta 2 years ago

amazing
Rob Wellens 2 years ago

Are these all original clips? I'm assuming some are public domain but I'm just curious about the legality of sourcing footage in a collage. It's an inspiring work.
Rob Wellens 2 years ago

Upon watching it again I saw unmistakable imagery from Ghostbusters, Close Encounters, E.T., Dune, Altered States. There must be some royalty paperwork involved in this.
Daniel Hayek 2 years ago

Saw this in real life yesterday, it is cool.
ioanna vr. 2 years ago

what a creation!!