“Surrija - Nothing Love” by Clarence Deng
Surrija goes through the motions alone in the space as the environment she's in (and eventually Surrija herself as well) becomes increasingly fuzzy and corrupted, eventually dissolving into nothing through a visual aesthetic driven by glitch art (datamoshing, analog CRT TV artifacts). It starts with identifiable set pieces like a bed, bar, and a karaoke TV setup, and as the song progresses, things begin to disappear, blend, mosh together, and glitch out, until Surrija is left alone with nothing but the TV. As the final chorus and outro ramp up, she's drawn to a blank canvas on the wall, which becomes an analog CRT TV portal that she steps through, either escaping the void or becoming one with the noise. It's up to the viewer to interpret the finale.
FROM THE DIRECTOR
“I always love an excuse to work glitch art into music videos, and it seemed like the perfect aesthetic vehicle to fully explore the tension between numb dissociation and passionate emotional pain that the song spoke to.
That and the pieces of the set slowly disappearing (and blending or distorting via datamoshing, CRT analog glitch fx, etc) really help drive our singer's visual narrative journey. Was a lot of fun to play around with and find the right visual rhythm to best capture the chaos in the performance on set and in the edit. Feel free to sing along with the karaoke and embrace the noise.”
-Clarence Deng
Credits
Director// Clarence Deng/ @dangclarence
Producer// SérGio Silva/ @WhiteRiceLife
1st AD// Kiana Lui/ @babygirlkeeks
2nd AD// Django Bickerton/ @Nasi_Jinggo
DP// Anthony DiNardo/ @anthonyjdinardo
1st AC// Tom Corrigan/ @tomskywomsky
2nd AC// Jake Ames/ @___amesjake
BTS// Nathan Waters/ @nnathanwaters
Gaffer// Jordan Mason/ @jtaylormason
BBE// Joshua Vazquez/ @joshua.a.vazquez
Key Grip// Steve Montes/ @monkee_montes
BBG// Manny Garcia/ @adephwave
Dolly Grip// Manuel Guerrero/ @AnthonyLandowne91
Production Designer// Paula Van/ @la_gatta_viola
Set Dressers// Jack Vazquez/ @jacksart0.0 and Sebastian Lara
Analog Video Distortion// Thrash Collector LA/ @thrashcollectorla
Site Rep// Lillian Silva/ @chic_hippie_3
Special Thanks
Solstice Catering and Events/ @solsticecateringandevents
Ant Boyd/ @funeraldrip
Danny Tran/ @k0nat
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