David Bowie - Little Wonder

What this video is

Released 27 January 1997 as the lead single from Bowie's Earthling album, 'Little Wonder' arrived at a pivotal cultural junction: drum-and-bass and electronica had broken into mainstream consciousness via acts like The Prodigy and Underworld, and Bowie's embrace of the sound was a deliberate act of reinvention at age 50. Sigismondi's dystopian visual language — grotesque mutation, NYC urban decay, fragmented…

Why it matters

A landmark artifact of mid-90s art-music video production, demonstrating how the music video form absorbed fine art practice (Tony Oursler video sculptures), dystopian visual culture, and rapid-edit grammar simultaneously. Sigismondi's approach — merging industrial body-horror imagery with…

The director

Italian-Canadian director and photographer (born 1965, Pescara, Italy), raised in Hamilton, Ontario. Studied at Ontario College of Art. Began as fashion photographer before transitioning to music video direction via The Revolver Film Co. Known for her…