Weval – Someday. 

I came across this video via HCMA’s The Space in Between e-newsletter. I was immediately transfixed by the brilliance of the music and the choreography of the images. I then became even more excited by the various images of buildings, infrastructure and aerial views. When I read the description, it all came into focus:

Our situation on earth is fragile, as individuals, as a people and the planet itself is delicate.

One of my central tenents as an urbanist and student of cities is that nothing stays the same. Urban life is fragile, and in constant flux. Add the urgency of the climate crisis, and it becomes even more tenuous. But even in the midst of uncertainty, there are moment of beauty and clarity. This video captures these.

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Via Vimeo:

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Taken from Weval’s second album “The Weight”.

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Last year Weval approached me with the idea of developing a music video for ‘Someday’. Upon listening to the track ,which I loved, I had ideas of what I thought would fit. After some discussions with the guys we came up with a loose structure.

We aimed at creating an abstract journey with a sense of ambiguity holding underlying core concepts:

Where are we going,are we going in the right direction?

Our situation on earth is fragile, as individuals, as a people and the planet itself is delicate

Nothing is certain; life can change dramatically for better or for worse in an instant.We may fear losing what we have but we try to hold on.

Big thanks to Weval, super happy to put images behind their amazing sounds!

Imagery: Personal photography,Google earth
Stock,Public domain.