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ELLIS G.- The Life of a Shadow (Director's cut)

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Surreal silhouettes created by street artist ELLIS G. make pedestrians think twice, and boggle police of it's seemingly permanent appearance in this Pod directed by John Carluccio. ~~~~~~~~~~ ART by ELLIS G • <a href=" http://www.myspace.com/ellis_gee">ELLIS GEE link</a>• MUSIC by DJ EXCESS • <a href=" http://www.styluswars.com">STYLUS WARS link</a> • FILM by JOHN CARLUCCIO <a href=" http://johncarluccio.blogspot.com">CARLUCCIO'S BLOG link</a></a>
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31 responses // ELLIS G.- The Life of a Shadow (Director's cut)

  • Yes. Nicely done cinquanta5000, and a well rounded look at some cool originality. Love the confused police too. Chalk art, right on!
    BEST,

    AMANESS
    amaness
  • Very nice pod, I like it a lot, good shoots nice edit and music too, hey cincuanta5000 check out our pod "Journey to Life", and tell us what do you think about it.
    Congratulatios
    spiral
  • Love these works! It is always so cool to run into one on the street... someday I hope to ctahc him at it so I can express my admiration!
    twobagscarrying
  • This guy is brilliant...So temporary yet I will never look at a shadow the same.
    brandonsound
  • Good job Johnny!!1
    synapse
  • wow!!!!!!! Good job I see your work all the time in Brooklyn!
    PartyMonster
  • L-OL..

    Good stuff. Excuse me! Is that paint?

    Ummmmm no, officer. Yes, officer. No, officer. Thank you, sir. Ok BYE!!!

    ROFLMAO
    Saatchi
  • Ellis, what a way to run back into you mang! Good to see your doin well, give a shout dude!!!
    lilerik1@yahoo.com
    lilerik
  • Thank you all for the love.
    To learn more about Ellis G. check out his site:
    ELLIS GEE LINK

    Keep the greenlights coming, thanks again.
    - Carluccio
    cinquanta5000
  • I'm really feelin it.. it's inspiring..not enough to get me out of graffiti no.. but still... something about it.. I'm feelin it. Send my reguards if you ever get in contact with this kid again.

    P.s. I like the elusiveness you've given this pod.. true to the streets.
    Mat1ks
  • love it. I appreciate art and art people who are not contrived. thanks for giving him light.
    issara
  • Thanks Issara, I really liked your Dragon Sound and Lego pods.
    cinquanta5000
  • real cool piece ..great art form that i would have never thought of. love the part when the cops didnt know what to do. check out my WMC piece, and let me know what you think
    MarkoAlbrecht
  • ummm its really nice and all, epspecailly with the nice dramatic touch at how he was at the hands of faith by a butcher knife, but seriously guys, this has already been done. Current already did a video featuring a graffitii artist in england that did the same thing. they show him open up protected bill boards and spraying red-dot bullet holes on the illistrated models forehead AS WELL AS out lining shadows on motor cycles, lamp post and such, how ever he did use paint. way to stick it to the vandal squad, bet they werent expecting chalk LOLZ.

    btw son in the fitted acted like he never seen contemp art before


    LOL @ these look like humps
    lolniketalk
  • such a freakin cool video
    zexsports
  • This crap is such a rip-off.

    ZEVS in paris was doing shawow outlines of sports cars, map posts etc way back in the mid-90's with space invader. Get your heads out of your asses. This is BULLSHIT.

    link~kazil/advart03.html go down amost halway in this article for photos.
    arkitip
  • Arkitip,

    You're more than entitled to your opinions about the piece, but please express them in a way that is constructive. And watch your langauge. We don't want the quality of these comment spaces to degenerate.

    Thanks!
    _Twilight_
  • This was AMAZZZIINNNGGG... sofa king cool. (Twilight, I hope I can say that). Great job!
    Jakwes
  • I saw this over the weekend and loved it! Next time I'm in NYC I hope I can catch some of his work.
    AdrinehG
  • Really cool. I loved it. It was so interesting and different. Some commented, "This has been done before." Well I've never seen it, so I found the clip very enlightening. Even if it had been done before, each artist brings his own unique perspective to their craft, so let's empower all of them. Nice work!
    MelodyProductions
  • a french artist "ZEUS" has already done these stuffs!!!
    supaudio
  • I've also seen this done by and artist in Portland, Oregon in the late 80's or early 90's. It's not unheard of but so what. I thought the pod was interesting and it told the story of one person's expression. It's not like Ellis Gee has claimed patent rights or anything. It's a STORY...not an invention. Good Job John C.
    BoomDigital
  • Hey

    So we met while you were interviewing me for that Punjabi peice you were making. I was the girl with the dress eating on the stoop. Anyway, I checked out Current as you suggested and really like it. Your work is also very good. By the way, a guy you interviewed for the Gordon Parks peice was an old roommate of mine. Small world.

    So listen, what you are involved in (from the kung fu-hip hop to the DIY tv) is really interesting to me. I would like to talk to you about some of my ideas. You can email me at Lauren.Kritzer@gmail.com.
    LaurenKritzer
  • This was a great story about a really interesting subject. I don't think it matters if other people in the world have also come up with a pretty obvious idea. I once I traced my mothers shadow in 1978. Does that make me the ACTUAL pioneer of this technique? Art is not always about originality. It is also about presentation and context.
    Plisko
  • fucking sick with it.

    I like the night shots.

    big Ups
    AliasAk
  • hey bro im from California and i did that art ova here and they asked me were i got it from and i told them from u! i tell them i saw it from a website and i do it everynight! u inspired me and i just had it with getting in trouble wit tha law because i would get caught most of tha time doin graffiti as well so i turned to this! and i tell them its Ellis G.!!! thanx bro! MAD PROPS!
    pookie2dookie
  • (c) Ellis G....amazing, brutha!...can't wait for the indoor manifestations yet to be created at AVAAZ on May 31in your hood with FS Beatz on dex and u bringing the shadows to life...really empowering...loved the vid...namaste
    bollygirl
  • badass. im kinda over graffiti sh%t, but i like this twist... he seems like a humble guy which is nice to see in such an ego-driven game. i like it when the cop says 'this is art?' - is it?
    awarmington
  • Moving; makes me wish I had something very special I could do too.
    Very cool.
    Roialtee
  • Daredevil # 285. October 1990 Ann Nocenti.
    Daredevil # 285. October 1990 Ann Nocenti.
    I agree with the consensus that this pod does a good job at showing one artists work with an established technique.
    "There is no new thing under the sun" -Ecclesiastes
    or
    “Everything belongs to the inspired and dedicated thief.” -- William S. Burroughs
    rick_jackson
  • I really hate to say but I've seen a lot of this kind of work, and done a lot better. I say sorry because I hate negative people and here's me being just that. Thought it worth commenting though as if you hunt around you'll find much of the same.
    shanelad

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