Comments on: Found: Videos http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2010/12/found-videos-2.html Journalist and author Violet Blue's site for sex and tech culture, accurate sex information, erotica and more. Tue, 26 May 2015 17:18:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eros Hedone http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2010/12/found-videos-2.html/comment-page-1#comment-10325 Eros Hedone Wed, 08 Dec 2010 08:06:44 +0000 http://www.tinynibbles.com/?p=7098#comment-10325 The Klaxons video is only slightly disturbing. There is an element of the grotesque in seeing bodies joined as they were, with a certain revulsion being felt at the 'unnaturalness' of it. Reminded me of the movie <i>The Human Centipede (First Sequence)</i>. But when it moved to the nude scenes, and the more overt sexual activity, I found the concept to make more sense. Fundamentally, it's about connection. Although the lyrics suggest the connection, through love, between two people, the video extends the theme, making it a kind of 'six degrees' commentary. I'm not sure how to marry these two concepts - 'the grotesque' and 'connection with others'. Is the viewer meant to conclude that our connections with others leads to a grotesque distortion of the self, or that what we may perceive as grotesque is in fact not? I could write so much more on this, but shall leave it here, lest this become a mini essay. The Klaxons video is only slightly disturbing. There is an element of the grotesque in seeing bodies joined as they were, with a certain revulsion being felt at the ‘unnaturalness’ of it. Reminded me of the movie The Human Centipede (First Sequence).

But when it moved to the nude scenes, and the more overt sexual activity, I found the concept to make more sense. Fundamentally, it’s about connection. Although the lyrics suggest the connection, through love, between two people, the video extends the theme, making it a kind of ‘six degrees’ commentary.

I’m not sure how to marry these two concepts – ‘the grotesque’ and ‘connection with others’. Is the viewer meant to conclude that our connections with others leads to a grotesque distortion of the self, or that what we may perceive as grotesque is in fact not?

I could write so much more on this, but shall leave it here, lest this become a mini essay.

]]> By: keeley http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2010/12/found-videos-2.html/comment-page-1#comment-10284 keeley Sat, 04 Dec 2010 05:07:46 +0000 http://www.tinynibbles.com/?p=7098#comment-10284 The music video is certainly something. Mostly I wondered about sensation--what does it feel like when you have a torso where your leg should be, or you're connected in whatever way to five other people, do you feel every sensation across every body? And the bit where they drop the weird gel into each others' mouths is certainly odd. The music video is certainly something. Mostly I wondered about sensation–what does it feel like when you have a torso where your leg should be, or you’re connected in whatever way to five other people, do you feel every sensation across every body?

And the bit where they drop the weird gel into each others’ mouths is certainly odd.

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