vaka video update
19/01/2003

more on the upcoming vaka music video. the video has been completed and will be premiered at the sundance film festival on january 23rd, the same date the band will play at the suede lounge as part of the festival (where they will be joined by the string quartet amina, as usual). as previously reported, the video will be considerably darker than the band’s two other videos, svefn-g-englar and viðrar vel til loftárása. the video involves schoolchildren playing in a post-apocalyptic playground covered in black snow, where they must play under the protective guise of gasmasks. you can read an interview with director floria sigismondi about the video here.