Watch: Art Collective Dances on Meshuggah in “Dance on Meshuggah”
Well, this is interesting: Careless Motion, a project which “brings together diverse artists to create common works in an extreme metal universe,” have released their first creation in the form of “Dance on Meshuggah.” While you could be forgiven for assuming this piece entails one or more people using Jens Kidman and Tomas Haake as a dance floor, it’s actually like a musical version of “Lethargica” from 2008’s obZen: the music is played on an electric violin while a woman dances and screams the vocals.
“Lethargica,” not coincidentally, is the Meshuggah song from which Careless Motion take their name:
The void clenches its determined jaws
A lethargic, careless motion to kill
Monstrous, prodigious, indifferent
Slow and deliberate its torturous skills
Careless Motion describe this piece thusly:
“Growing individualism, widening inequality, violence, manipulation, provocation; a killing machine is on its way. This short movie deals with the identity of an individual who is both an actor in, and spectator of the human decline. A contemporary dance, backed by extreme metal music, reflects his reaction in the face of his inevitable falling.”
I’ve watched this thing twice now and I’m not sure any of that comes across, but I still think it’s pretty cool. Watch:
On a semi-but-not-really-related note, this seems like a good time to revisit this old gem:
[via Lambgoat]
