O.C Thomas and States of Exotica ☀️ICARUS☀️

O.C Thomas and States of Exotica ☀️ICARUS☀️

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Guitarist, producer and States of Exotica frontman O.C Thomas re-imagines the myth of Icarus in 2021

“I was interested in pursuing this idea of humanity’s collective hubris, our foolish sense of invincibility and disregard for our physical environment which, in the past year, has fought back. It is clear that nature holds the power and we stepped on that: we flew too close to the sun and we got burned.

We shot this vibrant, cartoonish video on our iPhones, within the lockdown-induced confinement of our own, respective living rooms, rounding up a cast of those with us in supporting roles, ordering face-paint, iPhone clamps and pizza. We were driven by a desire to create a visual spectacle and a performance video that would unite our households.

Representing the misadventures of Icarus, and his over-confidence and hubris, required a simple visual cue which, we felt, should be clownish, and in need of relief and release. It is difficult to find the light from the past year in amongst the shade, but this felt like a way into characterising the kind of clownish behaviour that we see on a daily basis whilst we navigate our way back to a semblance of normality.

We were unable to be together to film the video, we instead traded performance-based clips, looping them back on our televisions to unite us onscreen”

ICARUS video OUT 02.04.2021

Reflective of the era, and our collective confidence and weakness. Send in the Clowns…

"States of Exotica are one of my favourite new discoveries; St Leonards via your wildest dreams.”
Melita Dennett, BBC Introducing.

Shot on iPhone by O.C Thomas, A.J Flynn and Vicky Flynn
Ft. Layla Amelia and Kiera Rose

Song written and produced by O.C Thomas
Thanks to Jollyon for his golden eared feedback.

No clowns were harmed in the making of this film.

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States of Exotica 2021