clipping. - Splendor & Misery [Short Film]

What this video is

Released December 13, 2016, this short film arrives at the apex of critical recognition for clipping.'s Splendor & Misery album — an Afrofuturist, dystopian concept record following the sole survivor of a slave uprising on an interstellar cargo ship and the onboard AI that falls in love with him. The album was nominated for the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form — only the second music album…

Why it matters

A landmark artifact of mid-2010s experimental hip-hop visual culture, this short film demonstrates the genre's ambitions beyond the traditional music video format. It represents the convergence of industrial noise aesthetics, Afrofuturist speculative fiction, and avant-garde cinema — functioning…

The director

Los Angeles-based director, editor, and producer whose work spans film, music video, theater, and live events. Artistic Director at Highways Performance Space & Gallery. Directed debut feature Excess Flesh (2015), which premiered at SXSW and was called 'the…