System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian has produced a series of videos to portray each track on his forthcoming album 'Elect The Dead'.
Tankian will post the videos at his website www.serjtankian.comThe first video is for the track 'The Unthinking Majority'. The clip is an animated film directed by Tawd Dorenfeld.
"For me, the great pleasure of 'Elect the Dead' has been not only to make the record with the pure vision of what I feel artistically through my music and poetry, but also to multiply the art factor by bringing in other great artists, in this case directors, and putting forth their interpretations of my music and words. This serves two functions: to create more art from the original source, the album, and to offer more than just a CD to people interacting with the music, thus giving us more points of connection with each other," Serj said in a statement.
Directors of the videos include Tony Petrossian (Taking Back Sunday, Slipknot, Avenged Sevenfold), who shot the video for "Empty Walls," the first single from "Elect The Dead," photographer/video director Greg Watermann (Mudvayne, Lamb of God, Howie Day), Oscar-nominated Puerto Rican playwright and screenwriter Jose Rivera ("The Motorcycle Diaries"), French film director Diran Noubar ("Armenia: A Country Under Blockade"), digital artist Roger Kupelian ("The Lord of the Rings"; "Flags of Our Fathers"), documentary director Sevag Vrej (System Of A Down, Fair To Midland), and Beirut-born filmmaker Garin?? Torossian (Sparklehorse), among others.
"I asked each of the directors for their visual interpretation of my work," Tankian said. "They were asked not to write treatments and that they could make whatever they liked. The results have been overwhelmingly amazing!"
For news and updates on video debuts, please visit www.serjtankian.com. A complete list of videos and directors is below:
1. "Empty Walls" - Director: Tony Petrossian
2. "The Unthinking Majority" - Director: Tawd Dorrnfeld
3. "Money" - Director: Ara Soudjian
4. "Feed Us" - Director: Sevag Verj
5. "Saving Us" - Director: Kevin Estrada
6. "Sky is Over" - Director: Jos?? Rivera
7. "Baby" - Director: Diran Noubar
8. "Honking Antelope" - Director: Roger Kupelian
9. "Lie, Lie, Lie" - Director: Martha Colburn
10. "Praise The Lord and Pass The Ammo" - Director: Greg Watermann
11. "Beethoven's C***" - Director: Adam Egypt Mortimer
12. "Elect The Dead" - Director: Garin?? Torossian
