Baseball Gregg
Featured off of Stockton by Italy’s Baseball Gregg’s EP Ciao For Now; we present a look at the lavish fan made video for “Restless” from an Art Direction class—courtesy of the Nuovo Istituto di Design di Perugia under the auspices of professor Vincent Urbani. Created by the student talents of Simona Bruni, Silvia Mancini, Irene Marchionni, Miriam Mazzotta, Eleonora Pascai & Vanni Valentina; Luca & Sam’s exhilarating carnival ride that is “Restless” is given an appropriately fashionable art pop visual that conveys the suave sophistication that is synonymous with the group’s own eclectic aesthetic.
The inspired video for Baseball Gregg’s “Restless” is something ripped straight out of 70s/80s Italian cinema suspense thrillers where all the art-house techniques of today are seen adhering to the ancient aesthetes of yesterday. This is a video that might as well be a few short films wrapped up into one intriguing & captivating three minute span. A variety of retro-futuristic chic fashions are exhibited in ways that blend contemporary cool with globally guided textiles set about in a mystery of aloof liasions & dubious doubles. Secret sharers & sunglass sporting women & men of clandestine origins & destinations are seen through the sensory heightened shot compositions that make the audience feel as if they’re privy to the camera lens’s point of perceptive reference.
Professor Vincent Urbani shared the following introduction about the inspirations behind the making of their visual for “Restless”:
Inspired by the aesthetic of Dario Argento’s Suspiria, Luc Besson’s Leon spaces and Uli Edel’s Christian F. acting, this “Restless” video is the portrait of the enigmatic relationship between the protagonist and the characters that appear on his path. Hallways, dark lights, underpasses and the dream of a night forest unite together with sunglasses, 80s outfits and metallic skirts in a nostalgic and melancholic mix, almost incomprehensible.
This video was made by Simona Bruni, Silvia Mancini, Irene Marchionni, Miriam Mazzotta, Eleonora Pascai e Vanni Valentina, students of Professor Vincent Urbani’s Art Direction class at Nuovo Istituto di Design di Perugia.
