Deerhoof Animation: ‘This is God Speaking’ Music Video
By Morelli
Kill Rock Stars released a new video for Deerhoof’s This is God Speaking, done completely in flash animation by Akiko Carver. Ryan Catbird of MBV puts it best: “A short, unusual video for a short, unusual song.”
Read the director’s comments and watch the video after the:
Akiko Carver told HaightBeat:
“This video was created entirely around Satomi’s lyrics. Her lyrics, which at first seemed playful, soon brought to mind questions about free will in the context of our societies and in human evolution. These images are an exploration of that subject. The somewhat creepy tone that ensued is my reaction to the idea of God giving directions to us as humans, which personally gives me the heeby-jeebies, and fills me with an anxiety and desperate need for escape. Book-ended by the staircase cel-based animation at the start and finish, the drawing and design process happened over the summer months while sitting in parks in Brooklyn, and consisted of hundreds of hand drawings before they were transferred to the digital realm. It took forever!”
The song doesn’t reveal much meaning in its lyrics, but the animation was able to translate it somewhat. Did you enjoy the video? What does it mean to you?
