Brian Eno at the time of his first visit to Buenos Aires. Photo Emmanuel Fernandez
Announced that the director of HelveticaGary Hustwit, will direct a documentary about Brian Eno’s career and will have access to hundreds of hours of unseen footagepreviously unreleased music from the archive and visual art of the singer.
The film will be released in several versions. According to a press release, Eno will use “innovative generative technology in its creation and display” to deliver unique viewing experiences in multiple digital formats.
Brian Eno. Photo Emmanuel Fernandez
old acquaintances
Eno and Hustwit first collaborated in 2017, when Eno wrote the original score for Hustwit’s film sheep, a documentary about the life of German designer Dieter Ram. “It’s the perfect subject to use this kind of approach,” Hustwit said of Eno in press materials.
“Many of his previous projects have been rejected I don’t want to make a conventional biodoc”. Hustwit added: “I think so Eno as an art film about creativity, which is the output of Brian’s 50-year career as raw material. ”
expert in musicians
Hustwit has previously made films about Mavis Staples. (Mavis!) and Wilco (I Am Trying to Break Your Heart: A Film About Wilco).
Robert Fripp, David Bowie and Brian Eno, on a break in front of the console of a German recording studio in the ’70s.
The filmmaker’s official website now has a page for a documentary called Eno, described as “the latest documentary multi-platform, career-long story about visionary musician and artist Brian Eno. “
Hustwit had access to hundreds of hours of previously unseen photos and previously unreleased music from Eno’s archive to produce the document, which will be published in multiple versions and “uses modern generative technology in creation and exhibition. its. “
what is to come
The director and his team have digitized and restored approximately 400 hours of material spanning 50 years, including interviews, first video art project, conferences, presentationsbehind-the-scenes footage from the recording sessions, and much more, most of which has never been made public before.
Brian Eno in the early ’70s. Clarin Image File
The film, according to Hustwit’s website, “will offer a deep dive into topics Eno’s passion, such as sustainability, social equality, and the future of civilization, with a particular focus on the nature of creativity. “
“Much of Brian’s career has been about enabling creativity in himself and others, through his role as a producer but also through his collaborations on projects such as Oblique Strategies card or the Bloom music app, ”Hustwit said.
“You can’t do a conventional bio-doc with Brian Eno. That would be antithetical and a missed opportunity. What I’m trying to do is create a cinematic experience that’s as innovative as Brian’s approach to music and art.”
There are no NFTs
Last year, Brian Eno spoke about his feelings about the current obsession with NFT, saying it allows artists to be “little capitalist assholes.” “I have been asked to do NFT many times,” he said in an interview.
“Until now, nothing has convinced me that there is anything worth doing in that field. For me, ‘worth doing’ means having something that adds value to the world, not just in a bank account. “
mfb
Source: Clarin
