Kathe Koja
The only thing wilder than a night at the club is the morning after, in Paradise . . .
DARK FACTORY opened the doors to a reality-bending dance club, an online immersive portal, and the feeling that the whole world is on the brink of something new. DARK PARK takes you there.
DARK PARK is the story of Sergey the filmmaker, who tracks the makers of the FactoryโAri, Max, Felix, and Marfaโto the boundaries of human chaos and dangerous beauty, and invites you over that edge.
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Whatever happens, this oneโs on Fux.
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I wasnโt workingโgrant to apply for, supposed to put together a proposal, but I wasnโt seeing any of it. Then Meghan Sorin contacts me to shoot a studio launch event, not remotely my type of gig, and the dateโs already booked with Santi.
But I couldnโt get a jitney flight, wind storms, Santi had to cancel. And Fux was at the Sorin launch, they went over with Upsetta and her crew, that night Fux starts sending me starred clips, Serge Serge Serge look look
Visuals are fucking stunning. Like Caravaggio, Boschโprimeval trees, rusted-out machine carcasses, fireworks, fire, people trancing, people crawling around in the weeds, the DJโs up on a platform like a statue, or a tableau vivant, Iโm grabbing everything, grabbing and logging. Then it starts blowing up, people posting all type of shit, a lot of transcendental woo shit that I cannot get with. But I canโt get away from those visuals.
I message Sorin, no response. 2 weeks, 4 weeks, finally she responds back but she says her DJโs not down anymore, he doesnโt want to be followed around by a crew. I say, What if I shot solo with a Piccolo rig, fly on the wall, and leave the first time he asks me to? No response again, but it felt like something might be happening. Then she says, Sorry for the short notice, but could you do a meeting today?
I say, DJ changed his mind?
She says, Ari wants to meet you.
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