Stay inside the lines or don’t: Artists seek help in coloring pictures for music video

Update: The completed video for Deerhoof's "Ay That's Me" has been released. Glance a few paragraphs down in this report to watch it.

Artistic duo BrainTwins wants your help in making a music video for critically acclaimed band Deerhoof.

This isn't a call for onscreen extras, but a chance to color sheets of paper that will be compiled for an animated video.

BrainTwins masterminds Jessica Dunn and Justin Shimp will provide coloring supplies for the all-ages event scheduled 3 to 10 p.m. Wednesday at the Fountain Square offices of Joyful Noise Recordings, 1030 Orange St.

Instructions for participants are minimal.

"There are no rules for coloring the frames, whether individuals scribble outside the lines, carefully create their own world within the image, or even leave the frame blank," Dunn said. "We want the individual frames to represent each person collaborating with us. Together, the images will create the illusion of motion."

The completed video will accompany Deerhoof song "Ay That's Me," which appears on 2017 album "Mountain Moves." Indianapolis-based Joyful Noise issued the album by the San Francisco band.

The Joyful Noise roster of acts also includes Sebadoh, Oneida and the Low Anthem.

Animated work by BrainTwins includes videos for Indiana acts Amy O and S.M. Wolf.

"Justin and I have been working together on animated projects, passing sections back and forth and have really enjoyed the unexpected surprises which happen when animation frames blend together to create movement," Dunn said. "For this project, we thought it would be fun to create a coloring book out of the hand-drawn animation frames and see what happens when many different hands are in charge of coloring."

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Names of participants who color the hundreds of animation frames will be listed in the video's closing credits.

Dunn said the unpredictable nature of the "Deerhoof Video Collaborative Coloring Party" fits the band's current mindset.

"Deerhoof's artist statement/manifesto for the album 'Mountain Moves' really resonated with us and inspired the concept of the video for 'Ay That's Me,' " she said. "Their album speaks of fragmentation, collision, contrast, simultaneous existence in multiple worlds, etc. Though it's a response to the chaos surrounding us, it is optimistic.

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