Jenny Hval has shared a new video for “The Great Undressing” from her latest album Blood Bitch. The clip was directed by Marie Kristiansen and stars Marte Germaine Christensen, who hangs around her apartment and runs errands in the nude. Read Kristiansen’s statement about the work and watch the visual below.
Hval previously shared videos for Blood Bitch’s “Conceptual Romance” and “Female Vampire.” See where her 2016 output placed on Pitchfork’s Best Music Videos, Best Songs, and Best Albums lists. Check out her upcoming tour dates here.
Marie Kristiansen:
I don’t want to overcomplicate the message; it’s my opinion that the audience should interpret this film as it suits them. I will, however, tell you what inspired me to make the film. From an intellectual point of view I was intrigued by what would happen if you watched a naked woman totally ignorant about her own nudity going about a normal day. Would she be perceived as a sexual object? Or would her nakedness and femininity become something ordinary and natural? I have not tried to steer the film in the direction I thought was right, it's more of an experiment that you should be the judge of. From a spiritual point of view the film explores loneliness and isolation in a world where capitalism and blending in are the two ruling factors.
Watch Jenny Hval perform “Kingsize” at Pitchfork Music Festival 2016:
via Sam Sodomsky
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