Gord Downie

 ABOUT BLANK


 

Directed by: Sara Basso
Illustration and Animation by: Zuna Amir
Year: 2020


 

‘About Blank’ is about being the purest version of yourself.

 

This video explores shedding the unimportant, superficial layers that we use as a mask to face the world, and finding what’s left underneath. Unburdened by superficiality, there is a state of invincibility and freedom with being just about blank. The basic elements of air, fire, water, and earth are motifs across this video. The journey of letting go of the shallow and trivial is abstractly visualized in the repetition of ornate scenes reduced to simpler forms and elements.