POWER ☆ Marco Brambilla

alright, i'm not a huge Kanye West fan nor do i particularly look up to him as a human being, but i have to give him this: the man gets kick ass directors to make ill videos that elevate him, his music or whatever gospel he is preaching - from Michel Gondry to MARCO BRAMBILLA...
POWER shows a continuous camera move from extreme close-up of Mr. West revealing a neoclassical video tableau showing characters and creatures surrounding him in an abstract environment - all moving in extreme slow motion. inspired by Michelangelo's frescos in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel, the piece depicts a faux historical moment - an empire on the brink of collapse from its own excess, decadence and corruption...