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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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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

Other credits

Storyboard Artist

Flor Lambach

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