Oneohtrix Point Never - We'll Take It

What this video is

Released July 23, 2018, as a companion video to the 'We'll Take It' EP (Warp Records), a track from OPN's eighth studio album 'Age Of' (June 1, 2018). The album marked Daniel Lopatin's most eclectic stylistic synthesis to date, incorporating post-industrial, baroque, chamber pop, and R&B elements. The video's grotesque 3D character universe is directly tied to the 'MYRIAD' live conceptual concertscape that toured…

Why it matters

A landmark example of the post-internet CGI grotesque music video subgenre — merging gallery new media art practice with commercial music video distribution. Demonstrates Warp Records' sustained investment in artist-driven, non-narrative visual work as critical complement to experimental…

The director

Nate Boyce (b. 1982) is a San Francisco-based moving image maker and sculptor whose practice weaves together analog video synthesis, 3D animation, and sculptural object-hood to explore perceptual and representational thresholds. Represented by Altman Siegel…