Holly Herndon released a new single this week, “Home“, out now digitally via RVNG Intl., and it was accompanied by this very intriguing video offering. Directed by the Dutch design studio Metahaven, the video is an interesting accompaniment to Herndon’s already conceptually layered piece. The artist explains that the track:
“…is a love song for prying eyes (an agent / a critic), and also a break up song with the devices with which I shared a naive relationship. There is something dramatic, teenage and vulnerable to this sensation – our relationships with these interconnected devices are still so young, so naive.”
“Home” displays a stunning vocal delivery over jarring samples and scattered shards of break beat, while Herndon’s lyrics seem to explore the sensation of being “watched”, and all that it implies, including our own desire to be “watched”, as well as the permission we grant others to “watch” us, i.e. corporations, the government, our family, friends, etc. The video uses some very interesting visual devices to depict this, including shots of Herndon vocalizing the lyrics while being partially obstructed by an image of the cameraman in shadowy, foregrounded relief, begging the question who is shooting this image, or overlaid with a raining wallpaper of NSA symbols, as pictured below.
[…] by the Dutch design studio Metahaven–who also directed the musician’s video for “Home” this past September. Attempting to bring into vision new avenues by which “pop” […]