About the Video: The music video for weird takes its cues from the artwork of the De Stijl movement. Like the works of Mondrian and Van Doesburg the video attempts to distil it’s subject matter to the very simplest form. The minimalistic primary colours of DeStijl are gone. Refined further to a monochromatic palette that basks in its own absurdity. A fragmented surrealism unfolds to the song’s rhythmic patterns attempting to smother the viewer in what could and should be a straight forward performance video. A suffocating truncation of half shots and obscured movements creates an perceptual discomfort. “I wanted the viewer to feel uneasy, almost frustrated by not seeing the whole picture.” says the video’s creator David Marron, “As close as I could get to creating that confused dream like experience.”
In the short video ‘Simplifying Simplicity’ below, the influence of neoplasticism is explained further.
David Patrick Marron 