The Weird Girls Project Episode 5 / Ghostigital : Hovering Hoover Skates

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Concept: Kitty Von-Sometime
July 2008: Hovering Hoover Skates
Photography - shot by Mæja and Saga
Video: Director and Post Production by Þórgýnr Thoroddsen. Edited by Atli Vidar Þorsteinsson.
Song: Hovering Hoover Skates by Ghostigital
Costumes custom made by Kolbrun Gunnarsdóttir at KVK

GHOSTIGITAL NEW SINGLE HOVERING HOOVER SKATES release with VIDEO
FROM THE WEIRD GIRLS PROJECT: EPISODE 5

The new single Hovering Hoover Skates is from the upcoming new EP
due for release in November. It is available as a digital download
on www.grapewire.net

Kitty Von-Sometime, who heads the project, developed the concept
for the accompanying video and brought in Icelandic clothing
designer Kolbrún Gunnarsdóttir of KVK to make the costumes and
Icelandic director Þórgnýr Thoroddsen to produce the video. He has
won previous awards for his work and
brought in editor Atli Þorsteinsson to assist in the making of the
video. The footage uses stereogaphy which involves using two
cameras at slightly different angles in order to give a third
dimension.

The video was filmed as Episode 5 of The Weird Girls Project which
took place in July this year. Every Episode has a different
concept which Kitty develops and produces over a period of 3
months. The other girls taking part are unaware of the location,
the costumes, what they will have to do and no choreography is
practiced. For this episode in order to avoid broken bones, the
girls were given skates in advance but due to difficulty sourcing
them, this wasn't until close to the date. The project's concept is
based around the way the girls morph when put in costumes which
were unknown until the day, the performance during the episode and
in encouraging an overall confidence in the young women involved.

Episode 5 used old fashioned roller skates which the project found
hard to get hold of until the help of a newspaper brought people
forward finding them in their storage rooms and all 14 pairs needed
were found. Roller blades have taken over in this day and age and
now a production at Broadway are using some of them as they too
could not find a way to get these skates in the country.

Ghostigitals next full album release will be on October 11th when
the release the album Aero where they join forces with Finnbogi
Pétursson and Skúli Sverrisson. Aero is music made for aeroplanes.
They are humble philosophers travelling on a supersonic jet,
meditating away. And adding a new dimension to the airtravel. The
music paints a kind of a 3D sculpture, and its constant movement
makes it come alive. The perspective is always changing and what
does repeat itself makes a delightful hearing because the phrases
and motives are so enchanting.

The Weird Girls Project itself has gained momentum and interest
from all around with a queue of women wanting to be involved and
the only issue stopping this is financing as Kitty funds the
episodes 80% herself. The aim for a 150 women episode in the summer
is no doubt going to be postponed as it would rely on grants and in
the current financial crisis such grants are in debate.

However following the success thusfar of The Weird Girls Project this
winter sees a season of Weird. With a queue of photographers and
artists now wanting to involved this last weekend the project
successfully performed Episode 6 in Hveragerði and the music film
from this uses Emiliana Torrinis song Heard it All Before from her
latest album and was directed by Ali Taylor whos previous work for
Emiliana won the best video award in the 2005 Icelandic Music
Awards.

www.ghostigital.com
www.smekkleysa.net
www.myspace.com/theweirdgirls

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• kitty
• von-sometime
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• hoover
• skates

[terryslittlehelper]

chris this is the funniest shit you everr showed me man its awesome!!!!!

[YukaTubeMx]

La máscara es del luchador mexicano llamado Ephesto

[corneliavideo]

I heart both the song and the video.

Simply gorgeous Kitty!

[hrolfsson]

djöfull er ég að fíla þennan effekt sem er notaður þarna.

ansi hreint magnað stöff.

[5one50]

i liked this video :)

anyone want to chat XU

[tomcrean25]

its the ducks gutS

[icelandisforme]

i dont know which girls are in this but i can congratulate one personally. SOO FUCKIN AWESOME LILJA!love the new episode. viva la weird girls!!!!!!!!

[midnightcrow]

Awesome as ever. Cheers for always entertaining. Quite a portfolio now... C: