Perfume Genius by Camille Vivier
Perfume Genius has picked the first winner of his competition to direct the official Without You video.
Liz Lian is the first to have the fruits of a $1,000 donation towards putting their vision down on celluloid unveiled, and says that, ‘This song, and Mike’s artist’s statement about it, reassures me that moments of comfort and clarity are just as certain to appear as confusing, lonely moments are’.
“It reminds me to be patient and to turn toward conflict within myself and view it as a beautiful, imperfect metamorphosis, rather than hide from it. This music video is about the exploration and discovery of self through the natural world.”
“I aim to depict the unfamiliar, abstract, and jumbled parts of ourselves through elements of surrealism and magical realism. Narratives of self-discovery in media often center around coming-of-age stories of young white people as they enter adulthood.”
