Audiovisual

A series of event had ignited my slumbering passion to blog again, so here goes. I don't think I'll write much in this post, for the things I'm sharing speak well for themselves.
I haven't had the time to browse the internet much, lately, not even for my daily routine of scrolling through the Tumblr dashboard. But this week I've had the pleasure of watching two short films, in which both involved my favorite musicians.
The first one is Umshini Wam, directed by Harmony Korine (who directed James Franco's Springbreakers, and after going to his Wikipedia page, apparently had a minor role in Good Will Hunting & Last Days), starring Die Antwoord's Ninja & Yo-Landi Vi$$er. The 15 minute film is a hyperbole for Ninja & Vi$$er's difficult life in South Africa before their rise to fame, and features the two of them as seemingly retarded and disabled people wearing colorful onesies. Vi$$er is obviously the motherfucking star in this film, her shrill talking and singing/rapping voice highlights all emotions portrayed, she virtually induced goosebumps.

The second one is The Knife's music video for Full of Fire, their first single of their upcoming album Shaking the Habitual. Directed by Swedish feminist porn director Marit Östberg, the film is an extreme exploration of norm and gender construct, I think. Following the daily activities of several queer subjects (queer as in strange, and also as in gender-vague), the film's 9 minute run is accompanied by The Knife's new song which pretty much sound like if adrenaline was translated into sound waves. It was a strange and dizzying experience, watching this one.