“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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