How Basement Jaxx is Saving Dance from Death with The Twerkbot
SKUNK's Saman Kesh is looking to bring dance
back to mankind in ‘Never Say Never’ for Basement Jaxx. The director both wrote
and directed the uber-fun film.
"The Twerkbot is a bi-pedal wonder
created to save mankind from losing touch with the art of dance. Using various
sensory stimuli & JAXX patented buttocks technology, it can mimic any form
of lower body movement at near flawless accuracy. The utilities of the bot
range from the perfect dance partner to even a faithful instructor in countless
real world applications, the Twerkbot will bring the art of dance back to
mankind,” said Kesh.
He continued: “I wanted to make a creation
that merged the Japanese obsession robotic/sex toys and the fact that the
world's "dancing" population is starting to look less and less
exciting as the music as become more "synthetic". So the irony of
using a synthetic recreation to bring back such a human trait was kind of
powerful to me. The awesome folks at Alterian Inc. (the same
dudes that made Daft Punk's helmets, worked on many of their music videodo&
do most of Spike Jonze's work) helped me bring my "dancing ass on metal
sticks" to life."
