Joan of Arc - Destiny Revision

What this video is

Released September 23, 2020 — deep into the COVID-19 pandemic — 'Destiny Revision' served as the farewell single for Joan of Arc, a band central to Chicago's experimental post-rock underground since 1995. The video, composed entirely of tour photographs shot across global cities, functions as an inadvertent archive of a touring life that had already ended (the band's last show was in November 2018). Its elegiac,…

Why it matters

Joan of Arc occupies a foundational position in the post-emo / math-rock / experimental indie lineage stemming from Chicago's 1990s underground (Cap'n Jazz, Jade Tree Records). 'Destiny Revision' represents the band's final artistic statement, and its DIY video form mirrors the band's 25-year…

The director

Bobby Burg is a member of Joan of Arc (Chicago, IL), serving as composer and instrumentalist on the band's final album Tim Melina Theo Bobby (Joyful Noise Recordings, 2020). He is credited as the photographer whose point-and-shoot images form the entirety of…