King Tuff - Keep On Movin'

What this video is

Released in November 2012 to support King Tuff's critically acclaimed self-titled Sub Pop debut, this video captures the communal, scrappy spirit of the early-2010s LA underground garage scene. Director Cali Thornhill DeWitt—deeply embedded in LA's DIY art, punk, and music communities—brought his anti-hierarchical visual sensibility to bear, assembling friends and collaborators for a collective dance spectacle that…

Why it matters

A defining artifact of 2010s Sub Pop-era garage rock's video aesthetics: anti-production DIY visual language combined with community-building on-screen. The 3D format and slow-motion split-screen constitute a rare formal intervention in the lo-fi indie music video canon, distinguishing it from…

The director

Cali Thornhill DeWitt (born Michael DeWitt, 1973, Sidney, British Columbia, Canada) is a Los Angeles-based multidisciplinary artist, photographer, director, and designer. He co-founded the independent label Teenage Teardrops in 2006, ran the Hope Gallery in…