Angel Olsen by Angela Ricciardi
Angel Olsen’s new album is out on June 3rd.
Angel Olsen has premiered the video for the title-track of her forthcoming Big Time album.
The promo has arrived with a statement from its director, Olsen’s regular collaborator Kimberly Stuckwisch:
“For Big Time, we set out to celebrate how humans identify and to subvert the old-fashioned gender binary and societal/internalized gender roles of the past through choreography, color, and wardrobe.”
“To exist outside strict definitions is powerful and often not given a place in cinema. This was our chance to hold a positive reflection in the space and to shout to the world that you are more than who you are told to be.”
“Big Time is what happens when we do not express our true identity but find freedom when we step out of the shadows into our most authentic selves. In the first rotation, the lighting is drab, the clothes are monochromatic, the dance is monotonous…gender-conforming roles present.”
“However, with each rotation, something magical happens, both our cast and Angel begin to come alive, to feel free. We see the clothes brighten, the dance heightens, and the bar that was once devoid of emotion can barely contain the joy bursting out of each individual.”
“I am proud to say that over 80% of our cast and 50% of our crew identified as nonbinary and non-gender conforming.”
