In this director’s cut version of „Converse - Mentalgassi“ from the series “Spark”, director Marc Hartmann shows a portrait of the artists and their work in an energetic style, which sometimes reminds of the energy-density of comics, because of its white frames, the occasionally appearing split screens and the enormous dynamic.
The music refers to that style and the rough environment of street art - but also to the zeitgeist, fun and humour of this art - with a track made of rough and edged but nevertheless swinging electro-beats, huge and groovy baselines and a distinctive funkyness, which invites to join in and nod your head. In this way a positive atmosphere and a fine underground style comes up. Because the rhythm of music and video is that highly interlocked, the movie reminds sometimes of a video clip – and emits sparks…