The music video for Munk’s, Kitchen Call (Daniel Avery Version) was directed, produced and edited by American visual artists Shannon W. Kelly and Christine Buchsbaum in Fall 2014/Winter 2015 specially for the track’s re-release on the Pop Futuro compilation by Gomma Records.
“Initially I was inspired by the somber, industrial atmosphere Daniel Avery brought to his remake of Munk's ‘Kitchen Call,’ particularly the heavily filtered robotic vocals repeating the longing refrain, ‘… picking up the phone trying to call you,’” reflects Kelly, a filmmaker and DJ by trade. Kelly invited Christine Buchsbaum, renowned for her conceptual fine art photography, to join creative forces with him and breathe life into the narrative of the video. Together they developed a modern-futuristic love story based on the autobiographic experience of their own relationship.
“We were moved by the track’s thick mood and swirling melancholic and romantic melodies. For me those elements conjured metaphors of heartbreak, failure, disconnection, and a struggle for reconnection,” states Buchsbaum. The two artists themselves appear as the characters in the video – lovers inhabiting symbolically icy landscapes, emotionally devoid modernist interiors, while utilizing outmoded technology, all illustrating troubled idealism and vacillating disconnect. Ultimately, however, there is a moment of breakthrough at the song’s climax, clearing the debris of the past in order to reunite two hearts determined to be together.
The video was shot at various locations in Denver, Colorado and the nearby Rocky Mountains including the Continental Divide, a “glass cube” living room, and an architecturally famous home that appears in Woody Allen’s 1973 film Sleeper.
The video was shot at various locations in Denver, Colorado and the nearby Rocky Mountains including the Continental Divide, a “glass cube” living room, and an architecturally famous home that appears in Woody Allen’s 1973 film Sleeper.
WHERE YOU BEGIN (GROUP EXHIBITION)
CURATED BY CHRISTINE BUCHSBAUM & MICHAEL BHICHITKUL
CURATED BY CHRISTINE BUCHSBAUM & MICHAEL BHICHITKUL
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Included Artists:
Elizabeth Huey Derek Paul Boyle Michael Bhichitkul Jenny Magruder Ethan Bradford Barrett Tony Oursler William Lamson Christine Buchsbaum Edgar Meza Ryan Mandell Theresa Anderson Rebecca Vaughan Jennifer Jeannelle Anderson It is a natural impulse, when confronted with an experience that we do not understand, to try to relate it to things we are more familiar with. When our past knowledge can be brought to bear on a new phenomenon, it seems to fall into place, to be readily understood and comprehended. This attempt to gain understanding by relating new information to what we already know is as apparent in our everyday affairs; a time of day, a crack in the sidewalk, an architectural style of a building, etc. When a memory is internalized, it becomes relevant to understanding, and assimilating future experiences. How we interpret things from our past is subjective, however, the notion of memory is so intriguing that humans, alike, create more metaphors for it than for any other mental phenomenon. Our memories are personal but what if, collectively, our memories are more connected than we realize? WHERE YOU BEGIN examines how memories are linked through a collection of visual epiphanies. |
Installation by Edgar Meza
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