Beach House - The Traveller

What this video is

Released in July 2016 as a music video for a track from Beach House's October 2015 album 'Thank Your Lucky Stars' (Sub Pop), this video arrives at the apex of a mid-2010s critical reappraisal of dream-pop and shoegaze aesthetics. Beach House's prolific dual-album 2015 output — 'Depression Cherry' and 'Thank Your Lucky Stars' released just two months apart — positioned the Baltimore duo as central figures in a…

Why it matters

A landmark artifact of the 2010s art-music video movement, this work exemplifies the intersection of dream-pop music and analog video art. Its rejection of conventional editing, narrative, and digital production in favor of a durational, synthesizer-processed single take positions it as a…

The director

Los Angeles-based media artist and director. In 2004 she founded Telefantasy Studios, an underground television studio and analog media lab dedicated to broadcast tools on the verge of obsolescence. Her practice spans science fiction serials, public access…