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Nuts Dan Deacon video shows what your saucy chairs get up to when you're out...

Date
5 January 2015

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Ever wondered what your furniture gets up to when you’re out the house? All sorts of naughtiness, if the video for Dan Deacon’s Feel the Lightning is to be believed. Directed by Andrew Jeffrey Wright, we see a pair of mischievous armchairs get up to no good; defacing pictures, knocking sweeties all over the shop and learning about sex, then practising it. The party might be over for most of us, but not for these sneaky seats, who are joined in their revelry by a book about colours and shapes, which apparently parps the contents of his pages into being, resulting in a glorious carnival of dancing and brightly-hued frivolity. And like only the most meticulously planned (and lucky) teenage house parties, everything is perfectly back in order once the master of the house returns home. Almost…

A person in a grey suit and hat stands in a dated living room. Bold, stylised text laid over the scene reads “FEEL THE LIGHTNING”.
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Andrew Jeffrey Wright: Dan Deacon Feel the Lightning video still

Two upholstered armchairs are dressed in clothes to resemble people. One chair wears a beige jacket and holds a grey umbrella, while the other wears a yellow garment.
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Andrew Jeffrey Wright: Dan Deacon Feel the Lightning video still

A pink book titled “The Fun of Sex” rests on the arm of a beige tufted armchair. Another book is partially visible behind it.
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Andrew Jeffrey Wright: Dan Deacon Feel the Lightning video still

A close-up of a book cover with the title “SHAPES AND COLORS” in bold, hand-drawn black lettering. Below the text are three simple shapes: a pink triangle, a purple circle and a green square.
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Andrew Jeffrey Wright: Dan Deacon Feel the Lightning video still

A person in a blue and pink patterned bodysuit crouches on a pink and blue striped platform. They are surrounded by a surreal room with pastel shapes on the walls and a yellow textured sculpture.
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Andrew Jeffrey Wright: Dan Deacon Feel the Lightning video still

Three people wear oversized, puffy pink costumes and wide, patterned hats. They stand in a living room with a brown sofa and a white pleated lamp.
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Andrew Jeffrey Wright: Dan Deacon Feel the Lightning video still

A person wrapped in a tight, mint-green fabric costume lies on a pink and blue striped surface. Their face is covered in pink and green makeup, and they are smiling with their eyes closed.
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Andrew Jeffrey Wright: Dan Deacon Feel the Lightning video still

A group of people wear oversized, colourful costumes in a brightly lit room. The outfits include padded pink suits, blue patterned bodysuits, and a large green caterpillar shape.
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Andrew Jeffrey Wright: Dan Deacon Feel the Lightning video still

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Emily joined It’s Nice That as Online Editor in the summer of 2014 after four years at Design Week. She is particularly interested in graphic design, branding and music. After working It's Nice That as both Online Editor and Deputy Editor, Emily left the company in 2016.

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