Sigur Rós - Leaning Towards Solace ft. Dauðalogn, Varúð

What this video is

Released December 2012 as the concluding chapter of Sigur Rós's Valtari Mystery Film Experiment — a landmark commissioning project in which 16 filmmakers were given complete creative autonomy to interpret songs from the band's 2012 album Valtari. The experiment reflected a broader early-2010s shift in music video culture toward director-as-auteur models, enabled by Vimeo's emergence as a prestige platform for…

Why it matters

A defining artifact of the post-rock music film tradition, Leaning Towards Solace extends the music video form into short cinema, anticipating the long-form visual album trend that would accelerate with artists like Beyoncé post-2013. As the closing entry of the Valtari Mystery Film Experiment, it…

The director

Italian-Canadian director, photographer, and visual artist born 1965 in Pescara, Italy; raised in Hamilton, Ontario. Studied painting and photography at Ontario College of Art and Design. Career spans fashion photography, music video direction, feature films…