Mira Calix - there is always a girl with a secret

What this video is

Released September 2021 as the lead single from 'absent origin' (Warp Records, November 2021), this video arrives during a period of post-pandemic creative reckoning. The album — and by extension the video — engages collage as both artistic methodology and political metaphor, with Calix immersing herself in the history of fine-art collage to construct a sonic and visual language responsive to displacement,…

Why it matters

Represents the mature synthesis of UK IDM, electroacoustic composition, and visual collage art. Situates Warp Records' experimental lineage within fine-art discourse; bridges plunderphonics, feminist sound art, and avant-garde electronic music. The video format extends the album's collage…

The director

Born Chantal Francesca Passamonte in Durban, South Africa (28 October 1969 – 25 March 2022). South African-born, British-based audio and visual artist, composer, electronic musician, and producer. One of the first women signed to Warp Records (1996). Her…