BAUHAUS - DANCE - THE SEA: these are the engaging themes of the new highly seductive video for Xeno & Oaklander, "Palms" by Lauryn Siegel. The pace is fast, the edits are quick: the video captures the electronic and pulsating energy of the song. We see Liz Wendelbo and Sean McBride of the synth band Xeno & Oaklander chase each other as Liz dances atop a mirror cube in a Black and White set inspired by Bauhaus - geometrical shapes are suspended, cylinders, grids, a microscope and Xeno & Oaklander's favorite: flowers. SKOTE, a NY performance art duo, dance in choreographed moves, half Vogue, half Bauhaus. Abstract images of Diatoms, sea life from the deep, are inter-cut. Glossy 3D geometrical renderings swirl in and out. Scans of 35mm photographic snapshots and rolls of analog negatives cut in. Scratches and dust and all things analog abound in this high-energy video that never ceases to surprise you.
Xeno & Oaklander's latest album Topiary out now on Ghostly International.
