Last year, The Chemical Brothers teamed with Beck for Born in the Echoes track “Wide Open”. Now, that song has a video, directed by longtime Chemicals collaborators Dom & Nic. In it, a dancer performs in a warehouse as her body undergoes a supernatural transformation looking like a 3D printed body… Watch it below.
- From the Press Release
Dom&nic’s vision was to merge the mechanical and organic, having been inspired by procedural cellular structures; their VFX Team at The Mill created a full CG model of the dancer, Sonoya Mizuno, comprising of 107 individual anatomic rigs, as well as bespoke tools to allow the seamless transformation which happens during the dance.
Director: Dom & Nic
Producer: John Madsen
Choreographer: Wayne McGregor
Dancer: Sonoya Mizuno