Oneohtrix Point Never - Music For Steamed Rocks

What this video is

"Music For Steamed Rocks" sits at the intersection of commissioned classical reinterpretation, experimental electronic music, and fine-art video. The track was produced by Daniel Lopatin (Oneohtrix Point Never) as an interpretation of Polish composer Witold Lutosławski's Preludes for the Polish Icons concert at Kraków's Sacrum Profanum festival in 2013 — a Warp Records-affiliated festival that had previously…

Why it matters

A key artifact of the experimental electronic music video's migration into fine-art contexts in the early 2010s. Demonstrates the gallery-video model — uncut duration, installation pacing, extreme luminosity — as a legitimate format for music accompaniment. Represents Oneohtrix Point Never's…

The director

Nate Boyce (b. 1982) is a San Francisco-based moving image maker and sculptor whose practice explores tensions between two and three dimensions through analog video synthesis, 3D animation, and sculptural object-hood. He is represented by Altman Siegel…