The Avett Brothers Get Animated

Comprised of artwork painted by Jason Ryan Mitchum and inspired by notable modern artists such as Phillipe Halsman and William Kentridge, the video displays the importance of fine art in The Avett Brothers' work, furthermore demonstrated by Scott Avett's burgeoning art career. His own original artwork, "Julianne in Vain", served as the cover art for The Avett Brothers' 2009 American/Columbia release, I and Love and You.

The video, which NPR explains, "shows the rise, fall and inevitable decay of rampant urban development" which is shown through a series of over 2,500 paintings which comprise the animation for the video. In the below link on the Making of Head Full of Doubt/Road Full of Promise" artist Jason Ryan Mitchum and Scott Avett lend their comentary to explain the symbolic nature of the the video and the arduous process that went into it's creation (ten alterations to the painting equaled one second of film.) - Watch it here

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