Björk 'The Gate' by Andrew Thomas Huang
David Knight - 19th Sept 2017
Björk returns with another collaboration with Andrew Thomas Huang, together with Gucci's Alessandro Michele and headdress designer James Merry.
The Gate is the first track taken from Björk's new album (produced by Arca) but the visual style is a continuation of the ethereal, performance and tech-heavy visuals that accompanied her previous one, Vulnicura. The change is is perhaps in the world around Bjork: it's turned into a much less forbidding and much brighter place, and Andrew Thomas Huang brings a CGI-enhanced vision to work with the extraordinary irridescent garment, designed by Alessandro Michele, that's worn by Bjork.
“The Gate is essentially a love song, but I say ‘love’ in a more transcendent way," Björk has told Dazed magazine. "Vulnicura was about a very personal loss, and I think this new album is about a love that’s even greater. It’s about rediscovering love—but in a spiritual way, for lack of a better word.”
David Knight - 19th Sept 2017
Credits
Production/Creative
- Director
- Andrew Thomas Huang
- Producer
- Jeremy Hartman
- Producer
- Sara Nassim
- Production Company
- StrangeLove
- Executive Producer
- Tom Berendsen
- Executive Producer
- Sara Greco
- Executive Producer
- Kevin Shapiro
- Executive Producer
- Tai Thittichai
Camera
- Director of Photography
- Oliver Millar
Art
- Art Director
- Grace Alie
Wardrobe
- Hair
- Johnny Stuntz
- Make-up
- Andrew Gallimore
- Wardrobe
- Alessandro Michele
Grading
- Colourist
- Mark Wilenkin
VFX
- VFX
- Adam Swaab
- VFX Company
- Wolf & Crow
Agent
- Director's Representation
- OB Management
Other credits
Creative Directors
Björk, Andrew Thomas Huang, James Merry, Alessandro Michele.
Headpiece
James Merry
Gown
Alessandro Michele
Dancer
Leo Morimune
CG Lead
Matt Berenty
Compositing Lead
Matt Lavoy
Character Animation Lead
Mitch Gonzalez
2D Animator
Kevin Stein
David Knight - 19th Sept 2017