Fation Kryeziu: Music Video Animations Category

In the video “Don’t Die”, the animated elements are inserted into the reality of the scene in a musical performance from a musical group of 4 girls. Just as the animations of angels and boys are intertwined in their heads, so are the surreal scenes mixed with demons in the cemetery. For all the mysticism that life envelops beyond the grave, it appears to us as an equally promising and entertaining form with devils playing guitars of rock music between the flames. The title “Don’t Die” is an equally paradoxical proclamation blurring the line between life and death, reality and dream, making us wonder if the hell we know only exists in our minds.

The video “Every Feeling”, through a minimal visual language and slow pace of daily activities, aims to capture the lack of simplicity and serenity. While in “Hummingbird”, human solidarity is manifested in difficult moments and coexisting with nature through a very interesting animation technique with elements of indigenous cultures embodied in the negative of human silhouettes.

In “The Turning Point”, the human being this time finds itself in the flagrant danger of destroying every ecosystem as a result of the unbridled consumerism that has gripped animals. Through this significant metaphor of the inverted relationship of human relations with nature, great moral and ethical dilemmas arise in regards to the era of hyper-consumption of material goods and their production, emphasizing the global danger that threatens living life on Earth. Extreme urbanization, automated living, and oppressive systems that create inequality are turning the human being into a creature that is unable of being aware..

The movie “Birds”, with pop-art colors and images, is dedicated to a sentimental story of the past where every element of the urban landscape brings memories of the presence and at the same time the absence of the human who flies and leaves, drawing a parallel between them and the birds. Even the video that characterizes “Atlantic Perfumes” explores the theme of freedom through analogies with birds and nature. Locked in the non-physical cage, man has to fly to be free.

Further, “Garnet Graves” is a psychedelic video with kaleidoscopic effects and neon colors as an opportunity to present random images of the subconscious. In addition, “The Closing Door” which is a black and white video, contains psychedelic effects and metaphysical landscapes of doors that open and close while the silhouette of a human in a hat walks in the dimensions and symbolism of objects flying around him. “Facing Water” meanwhile is an art video that starts in the shower of the house and dives into the depths of the seawaters with plumbing equipment. This video is dedicated to a lost life at sea.

“Violin Tsunami” refers to the imprisonment of 120,000 citizens of Japanese descent in America in 1942 during World War II. The watercolor color video illustrates the wiring and encirclement of internment camps without showing human bodies at any moment, but only sparklers in the form of buildings, which after ceasing to exist rise into the sky.

A colorful tribute to the return to nature is presented in “Mountain”, where the 3D animation sometimes with abstract forms and sometimes with the evocation of the elements of nature in rocks, water and sky, follows the journey of a traveler who becomes one with nature.

In “Summer Nights”, four young people cross the fence of an abandoned building to experience the freedom of acting hidden from the eyes of the world around them. There, they are gods of not only physical space, but also beyond it. However, this building will not be the only one that will be stepped on. Somewhere hidden among the trees and water many memories of childhood games will also be found.

“All i Knew” in pastel colors, recounts the daily challenges of life in American ghettos where the only alternative to survival is crime, while “Christmas Morning” recreates the Christmas atmosphere and its meaning in family relationships in 3D.

“Yoshitoo – Oto no naru houe” and “Pudesse Eu” tend to create almost abstract and recreational forms and images as accompaniments to the musical sounds of the respective videos.

All of the above videos touch on the different depths of the human’s relationships with others, nature and especially with himself. Certainly the emphasis is on the most sublime feelings and phenomena such as freedom and solidarity, turning their cultivation into a moral duty, but also the precondition of existence in its highest form.

-The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed herein are those of the Author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the Anibar Festival