The internet and other bits of technology may connect everything and everyone in ways never before possible, but it also leaves us stranded all by our lonesome at disparate terminals where we are bombarded by information overload. The new R.E.M. single/video "Hollow Man" seems to tackle that state of being alienated, yet never alone or apart from the unstoppable influx of information and media. A webbishy and artful video focuses on a few solitary souls, painting their disconnectedness with YouTubish blotches of pixelation and compression artifacts while a steady stream of song lyrics in bold typefaces add to the screen noise. --> watch "Hollow Man"
R.E.M. "Hollow Man" (label)
Gary Thomas & Stefan Woronko, director | Stephanie Pennington, producer | Crush Inc., production co | Sean Cochrane, DP | Crush, Inc., editor
