David Kreps Blog

Kutiman Holds Up Refined Mirror to YouTube Generation

Kutiman, an Israeli musician, has created a fascinating reflexive project - Thru You - in which using mainly instructional and performance videos, all on YouTube, he has created seven really rather sophisticated music-video mashups. These tracks don't just hang together they work musically and visually presenting an almost polished product from what is essentially found material. Ingeniously sidestepping potential copyright arguments by refraining from using professional video material from established artists, this project uses mainly amateur or instructional work, eschewing the music business itself and preferring school concerts and home movies! This is extremely creative stuff, very much in the spirit of the Zeitgeist. Congratulations Kutiman.

 

 

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