One of the best individuals of my generation in music and in general (I think personally).

The live show with a amazing set  by 59 productions of changing backgrounds and projected moving images complimented the music really well.

I am always inspire and encouraged by his music and love that as I see more and more of the world and get older so does my appreciation for Jonsi.

Iceland where the singer is from was one ( the first) of the areas that experienced the economic crisis before Detroit did.

I like to think that go the new album gives encouragement that we can recover and go higher then ever thought possible.

Mostly he is just looking at animals and finding beautiful things about them.

takk fyrir

thanks to everyone that came together to make a great  experience.
Everything was shot in the Masonic Temple .

one of the video’s is above.

Formal is at noon was shot in the very top level of the building. The room has pretty much been untouched for years.

click on single barrel to see the full page of video’s, photography,music downloads, and everyone that was involved.

“Zoos of Berlin performed their ritual in a house of rituals, and Single Barrel Detroit sanctified their own rite of passage. We entered an edifice that for generations has housed the illusive presence of the Freemasons and their ideals. With their codes and secrets placed in plain view we complemented them with our own ideals of sound and structure. Forever capturing the feeling of the day the shoot rendered the events in space and time and they will live on in film as the building stands like a stone gavel on the corner of Temple and Second preaching truth, strength and charity.”     Candace O’Leary

Untitled from philip southern on Vimeo.

Last week I went with a ferndale artist friend to Art Prize in grand rapids. This was its first year of artists taking over the city and is the largest art contest to ever have been started internationally. The grand prize is $250,000 and people from all over the world came to the open-ended competition. I interviewed a few of them about their work and their feelings about art prize. Grand rapids is a beautiful place and at times I thought I was in Switzerland because the city was so clean and well designed. 

muisc by anathallo

The Angela Duncan is one of the best people you will ever meet. She also is a great illustrator.

Buy her Later Buddy Michael Jackson t-shirts.

 All images have color adjusment but all fireworks and smoke are real!

Eventually the artwork will be auctioned off and the proceeds donated to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Michigan chapter .

If you are interested in being part of the project email me your info website etc… and we will see if it is a good match.

The first two of the series are below. Collaborated with Devin Sioma.

http://thesilentgiants.com/blog/