Mira Calix - rightclick

What this video is

Released in January 2019, 'rightclick' marked Mira Calix's return to Warp Records after nearly a decade, arriving as the lead single from the four-track 'utopia' EP. The video emerges from a unique cross-disciplinary collaboration: director Adam Thirlwell, primarily known as a literary novelist, wrote and directed the short film 'Utopia' for Channel 4, with Calix composing its score; the music video is a direct…

Why it matters

Represents a strand of Warp Records electronica in which the music video functions as an extension of a parallel art film rather than a conventional promotional vehicle. The collaboration between an experimental electronic musician and a literary filmmaker is emblematic of late-2010s UK…

The director

Adam Thirlwell (born 22 August 1978, London) is a British novelist and filmmaker. His novels have been translated into thirty languages and he has twice been named among Granta's Best of Young British Novelists. Awards include the Somerset Maugham Award…