The 30th Anniversary of Acid House - Mixmag
My motion graphic was inspired by the second summer of love (1988) which was consistently covered by various media outlets such as i-D magazine, The Guardian, Vice and more, throughout the year. It compliments an issue of Mixmag, a British electronic dance and clubbing magazine, which dedicated a majority of its issue to reminisce and celebrate the UK’s largest and most important youth cultural revolution. My motion graphic corresponds with Mixmags May issue as it provides the viewer with snippets of 3 iconic Acid House tracks, consists of vintage VHS footage of illegal raves in warehouses/fields, clubs and festivals during the years 1988-1989, event flyers as well as motifs and symbols relating to rave culture in the early 90′s. In addition, there are voiceovers taken from different Acid House documentaries with first hand descriptions of how it felt to be apart of the movement that changed dance music history. The chaotic, fast paced collage style of editing is an attempt to emulate what it would be like to experience an Acid House rave and fully immerse the viewer.
