Sigur Rós - "Seraph" (Rembihnútur & Ekki múkk) Animated Video

 

New Animated Sigur Rós Video Co-Written by John Cameron Mitchell of Hedwig Fame A provocative commentary on the human body.

The Mystery Film Experiment that Sigur Rós launched in May in support of their latest record, Valtari, continues on with video number nine. The animated clip, which uses album cuts "Rembihnútur" and "Ekki Múkk", was directed by Dash Shaw and written by Shaw with writer/director John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Shortbus, Rabbit Hole).

Shaw offered a director's commentary at the band's website: "oooooooooooeeeeee... oooooeeeeeeeeeeeeeeooooooo!"

The clip, given the title "Seraph", offers a solemn commentary on the human body, depicting a boy who strips naked and is slapped by his father and brought to church to learn about god. The boy then finds himself in a graffiti-strewn, "Garden of Earthly Delights"-esque nude environment, before getting wrapped up in self-mutilation, bar fights, and prison violence.