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The Japanese band Sour has released an amazing video composed of multiple screens from webcam sources all around the world. It’s described on the Vimeo page of Magico Nakamura thusly:

This music video was shot for Sour’s ‘Hibi no Neiro’ (Tone of everyday) from their first mini album ‘Water Flavor EP’. The cast were selected from the actual Sour fan base, from many countries around the world. Each person and scene was filmed purely via webcam.

I love works that employ fan participation and combine low-tech resources to craft a really unique piece. I must admit, when I first started watching this vid I got a little irked because the initial layout onscreen is similar to a short film I’m in the process of making for the Zombie Short Film Festival (albeit, my shit won’t be anywhere nearly as creative as this) – but since, as they say, there are only so many crayons in the box I quickly got over myself and just sat back and enjoyed.

I encourage you to do the same.

UPDATE: The original Vimeo post of the video got deleted from their site for some reason, so here’s the YouTube version.

Cheers.

P. S. I originally found this over on Gizmodo. Thanks, folks!