Hello,
As many of you may already know our video for “The Hedonist,” has been live on Youtube for about a week but did you know that we have been added to the MuchLoud TV station as well? People with Satellite TV Boxes be warned! In all seriousness, I’d like to thank Kerry, the crew all of our friends who came out to help us make this video shoot happen!
So what’s our take on the video? Well, I can’t speak for everyone but I feel it’s a great example of juxtaposition – the band versus the revelers.
Since Monday (six days ago) our latest music video for “Nobody Gets It,” has been available for stream on Exclaim.ca. The video is now available on YOUTUBE for the rest of the world to see:
This video was envisioned and directed by the very talented photographer Kerry Shaw. We here in the PAPERMAPS camp love it! It’s hard to describe. Perhaps Kerry’s own words sum it up best:
“Nobody’s perfect. A notion we tend to forget when we look at our partner, our colleagues, our family, ourselves. We are creatures of expectation and with that comes the tendency to overlook just how amazing the people truly are around us. Papermaps have compiled a song that explores the anger in desiring perfection, the frustration of someone not living up to our idea of who we think they should be. Perfect. I contradict these lyrics with a montage of appreciation. Specifically, images of women. The female form, movement and overall imperfections and actions of women. All kinds of women…This is not an in-your-face, socio-political “oh, look at how women are being over-sexuallised/distorted in media/over-beautied” kind of dialogue. Rather, this is a study of the female face, body, hair, movement, etc. A slightly dark celebration.”
For us in the group it was a fun and simple video to make. We each only had to be there a few hours or so. The bulk of the video was done over several days in Kerry’s studio with the many lovely models. We are thankful to all the ladies who volunteered their time and image for this video – you are the real stars! This clip features all the members of PAPERMAPS lip syncing the song, including Wendy and Todd who had officially left the group before filming but gracefully agreed to participate. This video is not only a celebration of beauty in diversity but is also, on a more personal level, a celebration of PAPERMAPS’ former lineup.