Sevdaliza ft Grimes 'Nothing Lasts Forever' by Willemskantine
Rob Ulitski - 22nd Nov 2023
Sevdaliza shares the powerful video by Dutch director Willemskantine featuring approved deepfake A-List celebrity faces - including Grimes, Ferg, Julia Fox, and Madonna - on bikini-clad competitive bodybuilder figures.
The video for latest single Nothing Lasts Forever takes place in an industrial space, depicting this weird dichotomy of famous faces and super-built physiques - although that is not so startlingly obvious with Sevdaliza herself. The effect is certainly thought-provoking and unsettling, meditating on themes of technology and youth, with a bleakly futuristic aesthetic.
Willemskantine is an Amsterdam-based visual artist who creates photography and film with a balance between documentary and fashion. Willem, the artist behind Willemskantine, has a precise way of working and a technical knowledge of his craft, which he gained from completing a technological photography education.
“How do you get Sevdaliza, Grimes, Madonna, Julia Fox and Ferg in one space? By using the same technology that is often weaponised against artists, instead, as a vehicle to bring them together as collaborators, that’s how," explains Willemskantine.
"Of all these uncanny artists, who is really there? Whatever medium it is that Sevdaliza and Grimes speak through, they are constructing worlds of their own that mirror and distil the world we all share.
"The video for Nothing Lasts Forever plays with the theme of transience in a digital landscape. In a world where filters are always within reach and reality blends seamlessly with our digital identities, the video seeks to question our common reality in an engaging way.”
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Rob Ulitski - 22nd Nov 2023
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Credits
Production/Creative
- Director
- Willemskantine
- Producer
- Boetie Zijlstra
- Line Producer
- Lotte de Jager
- Executive Producer
- Sara Nix
- Executive Producer
- Lauren Mills
- First Assistant Director
- Ron Groenewoud
- Production Assistants
- Zoë Horsten, Olle Zijlstra
Camera
- Director of Photography
- David Foulkes
- Focus Puller
- Vincent Geijsel
- 2nd AC
- Luc Roes
Lighting/Grip
- Gaffer
- Tim Schram
- Best Boy
- Geert de Veer
- Electrician
- Ezio Lucke
- Grip Team
- Menno van Loon, Teun Toebes, Elene Aarts
- Remote Head Operator
- Jonathan Weyland
Art
- Art Direction
- David Freeman & Willem Kantine
- Set Dresser
- Jakobien Veling
Wardrobe
- Stylist
- Leendert Sonnevelt
- Hair & Make-up
- Catalina Sartor
- Styling Assistant
- Moritz Hädelt
Choreography
- Choreographer
- Shay Latukolan
Casting
- Starring
- Sevdaliza, Grimes, Julia Fox, Madonna, Ferg
- Bodybuilders
- Rebeca, Anne, Jur, Romy
- Casting Director
- Michiel Van Maaren
Editorial
- Editor
- David Gesslbauer
VFX
- Post production company
- Glassworks
- VFX Artist
- Jim Derks
- VFX Artist
- Nils Crompton
- Colorist
- Vanessa Aparicio
- Executive Producer
- Chris Kiser
- Head of Production
- Ashley Goodwin
- Producer
- Patrick Armstrong
- Production Coordinator
- Maryam Zahid
Misc
- Writer
- Willemskantine
- Special Thanks
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Other credits
Storyboard Artist
Flor Lambach
Rob Ulitski - 22nd Nov 2023