Marika Hackman - Between the Bars

What this video is

Released in December 2020 during the height of global COVID-19 lockdowns, this performance video exemplifies the pandemic-era creative pivot toward intimate, location-specific live shoots as an alternative to conventional music video production. Hackman's Covers album was itself a product of extended stay-at-home orders, and filming in an abandoned swimming pool reflects the era's tension between constraint and…

Why it matters

Situates Marika Hackman within a lineage of UK indie-folk artists who use the cover version as a form of artistic autobiography. The performance format prioritises emotional authenticity over production spectacle, aligning with a wider 2020 trend of stripped-back live content that revitalised the…

The director

Natàlia Pagès Geli and Tom Palliser are the directing/cinematography duo behind the Stolen Sessions live performance series. They collaborated on this project alongside producer Grace Manning and mixer Matthew Daly. No further individual biographical details…