Salvation? Or just a mirage? A beautifully poetic piece that plays partly like an update of Sisyphus, and partly like a nod to Fitzcarraldo, but with a sci-fi vibe and an undercurrent that's clearly political and powerful.
Life crumbles away and reveals a more malleable element in this haunted house where Sevdaliza struts in the nude like a beauty from a classical painting.
If Sezdaliza looks like she's in a series of stock photography poses, well, guess what: All the set-ups are available for purchase via Shutterstock, which both opens up all sorts of remix opportunities, but also makes a sly statement about commercialized identity.
A hooded figure stalks the halls, beneath the watchful gaze of others in Emmanuel Adjei's haunting clip for Sevdaliza.
A simple, yet intense scenario unfolds here which scratches at a human desire to stare and to be stared at. And has a brave and beautiful visual twist.
Adjei invites us to follow a cloaked ghostlike figure gliding through the hallways of a mansion. But once the figure reaches a large open space, populated by men watching from a balcony above, the true form of the figure is revealed.