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ODDSAC is best described as an audio-visual album with an original score by Animal Collective. You may have seen some of the work by Danny Perez, the filmmaker, if you’ve been to a Panda Bear or Black Dice concert. Perez is known for his concert projections and the film is the product of a four-year-plus ongoing collaboration with the band. ODDSAC can be considered the band’s new album with all-new material that will not be released in any other format.
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Everyone’s artists of the everything last year have released a trailer to for their experimental film, Oddsac. A quick viewing (it’s only 26 seconds long) reveals a colorful yet creepy kaleidoscope—not unlike one of the band’s videos or album covers, but with a little Chris Cunningham/Aphex Twin vibe thrown in.
Hitfix attended an actual screening at Sundance last night, and had this to day:
“ODDSAC” is not a traditional film, let alone a concert film or music video or a strictly experimental exercise. A film like this that takes four to five years to complete is no exercise.
Animal Collective and frequent collaborator Danny Perez created a very colorful movie that entirely …
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Prefix Mag
As early as Sung Tongs Animal Collective has made mention of a longer audio visual project, in collaboration with Danny Perez, director of the “Who Could Win a Rabbit” video. Apparently that project has come to fruition, as Oddsac, the collaboration between Perez and Animal Collective, was listed Thursday as the films playing out of competition as the Sundance Music Festival, which takes place in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden Utah from Jan. 21 to 31.
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