**Please read full post and watch vimeo video here.
“These dreams under my pillow
In the twilight of these white nights
These dreams under my pillow
In the twilight of these white nights
Of these white nights.”
Those were the lyrics of White Nights. Its obvious that the song is (in a way) abut dreams right? I guess that’s why the director(s) of this video decided to imbue fantasy-like elements inside the “music video” for this amazing song.
I should make this clear first. The above video was not made by Oh Land. Its like a fan-made video that was made to enter a competition by Vimeo (the video hosting website). When I watched it, I immediately thought of the references made to Salvador Dali, a pioneer of Surrealist ideas. Yes, all those imaginative qualities in the video like the weird steps, the glitter, the organic shapes (on the lead in the video), the vivid arbitrary hues and splashes of colour was by Dali himself! His paintings encompassed of all these details. Those eyeballs hanging in the background were also reminiscent to Dali’s work!
I find it amazing how modern productions commend the works of previous masters in Art history, and how these artists actually still continue to make an impact in the world of art, even in music videos, a fan-made one in particular. This is pure genius.
And did I mention that this song is splendid itself? Ha.
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