Bibio - Sleep On The Wing

What this video is

Released on 5 May 2020 during the height of COVID-19 global lockdowns, 'Sleep On The Wing' arrived as a companion piece to Bibio's 2019 album Ribbons, both rooted in Wilkinson's home studio in the UK Midlands countryside. The video's central theme — a bird in unimpeded flight through urban architecture — carried potent resonance during a period of enforced stillness and border closures. The EP drew on traditional…

Why it matters

The video represents a significant convergence of Warp Records' experimental-folk output with the tradition of indie animated music videos, echoing lineages from early-2010s lo-fi animation aesthetics. Bibio's acoustic folk-ambient style — featuring mandolin, violin, and sparse vocals — is…

The director

Sonnye Lim (also credited as Sonnyé Lim / Jin Lim) is a Korean-American independent animator, instructor, and freelance artist. Lim studied Film/Animation/Video at the Rhode Island School of Design, graduating in 2013. Career credits include animation work…