Uploaded February 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
From the album "Flight of Ideas" - order here: https://smarturl.it/flightofideas
A film collaboration by illustrator Josie Brookes and Animator Tom Madge of AnimateCity.
"The View From Nowhere" refers to the mid-century approach to psychotherapy which required the therapist to remove the ‘self’ from their view of the patient. Josie Brookes and Tom Madge responded to the struggle inherent within this idea and the pulsating ebb and flow of both the music, and the personal narrative within the lyrics.
The finished video was created using 2D stop-motion animation with Emma Pollock’s performance cut from printed film stills. The undulating head belongs with, but is at odds with, Josie’s bold sequences of geometric print. Together they push and pull with the song to explore ideas of identity and someone working to separate themselves from their humanity.
Josie Brookes - josiebrookes.com
Josie Brookes Instagram - instagram.com/josie_brookes/?hl=en
AnimateCity - twitter.com/animatecity
Warm Digits on tour in 2020
04 Apr – London, Rough Trade East
30 Apr – Newcastle, The Cluny
01 May – Manchester, Soup Kitchen
09 May – London, Purcell Room (South Bank)
Tickets: warmdigits.co.uk/?page_id=4
From the album "Flight of Ideas" - order here: https://smarturl.it/flightofideas
A film collaboration by illustrator Josie Brookes and Animator Tom Madge of AnimateCity.
"The View From Nowhere" refers to the mid-century approach to psychotherapy which required the therapist to remove the ‘self’ from their view of the patient. Josie Brookes and Tom Madge responded to the struggle inherent within this idea and the pulsating ebb and flow of both the music, and the personal narrative within the lyrics.
The finished video was created using 2D stop-motion animation with Emma Pollock’s performance cut from printed film stills. The undulating head belongs with, but is at odds with, Josie’s bold sequences of geometric print. Together they push and pull with the song to explore ideas of identity and someone working to separate themselves from their humanity.
Josie Brookes - josiebrookes.com
Josie Brookes Instagram - instagram.com/josie_brookes/?hl=en
AnimateCity - twitter.com/animatecity
Warm Digits on tour in 2020
04 Apr – London, Rough Trade East
30 Apr – Newcastle, The Cluny
01 May – Manchester, Soup Kitchen
09 May – London, Purcell Room (South Bank)
Tickets: warmdigits.co.uk/?page_id=4
