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Blackdoe ft Xydo 'Lotus' by Sarah Jacquier

Promonews - 12th Apr 2021

In a park in a virtual summer - represented by a flower stall and a bench in a studio - a man keeps waiting for somebody who will never be there, in Sarah Jacquier's video for French artist Blackdoe.

 

SARAH JACQUIER:

We wanted to get the feeling that this world was virtual while doing everything on stage...

"We were just going out of the first lockdown in France, and the feeling of freedom, the sweet Indian summer feel, got mixed with the realization of how much our world had actually changed. Technologies are taking more and more space in our lives and inspired me to portray, like a moving painting, this artificial summer.

"Lotus has a very fresh and distinctive touch that instantly reminded me of an end-of-the-day Californian summer, but in a parallel virtual reality beach, hosted in the innards of the Silicon Valley.

"We wanted to get the feeling that this world was virtual while doing everything on stage, to keep an organic, artisanal feeling. So, we asked the artist Alexandra Terrazzoni to create a series of skies that we projected directly on the wall.

"In this electronic world, there is no distance. We get inspiration from everywhere. There is no border between our cultures as we see with the song, which is a collaboration from France to Korea. In this video that we shot in France, we have Afro dancers, references from California to Seoul… This is the world we are living in today and it is so exciting."

Promonews - 12th Apr 2021

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Sarah Jacquier
Producer
Many Me X Kepler Ab
Production Manager
Mahaut Dufour

Camera

Director of Photography
Benjamin Minel
Focus Puller
Lola Geslin

Lighting/Grip

Gaffer
Mateo Lafuente

Art

Art Director
Sarah Jacquier

Wardrobe

Wardrobe
Blackdoe
Hair
Lukas Laloue
Make-up
Ambre Clichy

Editorial

Editor
Sarah Jacquier

Grading

Colourist
Ciare Gallogly

Commission

Label
Many Me X Kepler Ab

Other credits

Cast

Sonia Soupha, Kevo Chico

Promonews - 12th Apr 2021

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