Today OMBIIGIZI, the collaborative project between Zoon and Status/Non-Status, released their music video for Shame from the album of the same name via Arts & Crafts.
About the music video by Adam:
“Shame is a mask we all wear. It is something that can feel Alien, but often reveals itself in the simplicity of our day to day life. I don’t believe there is any one face to shame. Much like our Indigenous identity. The masks used to create the vision of shame therefore are otherworldly but exploring familiar and mundane themes.”
The mask featured in “Shame” was created by Billy Douthwright, “a late two-spirit Onkwehón:we artist and founding member [of the Sweet Labor Art Collective].” The collective, which centers its practice around multidisciplinary research and performance art, collaborated with OMBIGIIZI for the SHAME LP, allowing members of Sweet Labor Art to honor and continue to work with their ancestor, Billy, through the project. On the experience of including Billy’s art in the video, the collective shared, “We put his vision into play, letting the mask continue to do the work of touching into shame and allowing it to emerge into something new.”
“To know where you come from is to know where you are going,” concludes Sturgeon. In “Shame,” OMBIGIIZI pays a moving tribute to what has come before them and celebrates how it has shaped who they are today.
Shame the music video gets: 📷📷📷📷📷📷📷📷📷/10.
