Sleater-Kinney - Get Up

What this video is

Released in early 1999 as Sleater-Kinney's debut music video, 'Get Up' arrives at the cultural tail end of the riot grrrl movement's mainstream visibility and at the height of the Olympia, WA underground's national influence. The choice of performance artist Miranda July — a known figure in the Pacific Northwest feminist art community — as director signals an intentional alignment with art-world DIY values over…

Why it matters

As Sleater-Kinney's first-ever music video, 'Get Up' is a landmark document of riot grrrl-adjacent post-punk transitioning into a more atmospheric indie rock sound. The collaboration with a performance/visual artist director rather than a conventional video director is emblematic of the Kill Rock…

The director

Miranda July (born February 15, 1974) is an American filmmaker, writer, actress, and performance artist. Deeply embedded in the Portland, Oregon riot grrrl scene before her filmmaking career launched, she directed the Sleater-Kinney 'Get Up' video in 1999 —…