The Creators Project

There is a total mish-mash or artists, musicians, designers and creative folk all participating in The Creators Project, displaying their work and strutting their stuff across the cyber landscape of the internet. after looking at the project, i decided that Danny Perez was going to be my chosen victim on whom i would pry to boost my appetite for art. what immediately hit me about Perez was his dense facial hair and effectively worm handle bar moustache. as if that wasn't enough for me to respect the guy, his outlandish collection of house plants really cut the mustard for me. he sat so calmly, explaining his work and cooperation with technology as something that can be a product of "very little thought", and some how he seemed to be put on a high pedestal from the frog shaped pot that cradled something leafy just behind him. besides from his admirable facial hair and interior decoration taste, the guys art was pretty hot. he makes these visual clips of different images in a technicolor dream palette, which Perez himself describes as "manic schizophrenic", and he isn't wrong. all the aesthetic qualities of his video art summoned back memories of my dad telling me stories of his visions and experiences when taking shrooms, with the unadulterated urge to get naked and watch psychedelic patterns soar around you and inanimate objects come to life and dance before your eyes. Perez's work with Black Dice was like watching a graphic and vivid childs nightmare played at grease lightening speeds, with images of perverted monsters using the medium of Poi to communicate the frantic seizure like music across to the audience. because theres nothing like swinging balls of fire to get you going. the whole atmosphere of the video has this habit of tearing into your subconscious and waking up all that dormant energy and imagination that you've stored up over the winter months and propels it all into a galactic display of masked faces, vivid colour and moving patterns. Perez has my vote, hes a real wild card and a total b-a-b-e, kudos to him.

http://thecreatorsproject.com/en-uk/creators/danny-perez