glitter-covered girls embrace body diversity in experimental art video
photo by birta rán
fed up of the media’s attention to and objectivation of women’s bodies, artist kitty von-sometime has realized an ongoing art film series in an effort to empower females of all descriptions. ‘the weird girls project‘ uses a music video format to expose the beauty in diversity, embracing the variety of shapes and sizes that make us who we are.
#embraceyourself – dim the lights by creep feat. sia
video courtesy of kitty von-sometime
the short film entitled ‘#embraceyourself’ serves as the music video for the song ‘dim the lights’ by CREEP featuring sia. nude women encrusted in a thick layer of gold body glitter gracefully dance amongst a floor filled with wet volcanic sand, interacting with each other and the dusty substance. a backdrop of angled mirrors reflect and refract multiple images of the moving female models and their sparkling bodies, creating an ever-changing array of light and color.
‘the purpose of this piece is to promote a message to women to embrace their bodies‘, von-sometime says. ‘women celebrating as themselves and to truly love who they are.’
women are encrusted in a thick layer of gold body glitter
photo by birta rán
the female figures dance throughout the music-video-format film
photo by birta rán
the film embraces women with various body types
photo by birta rán
gold glitter conceals the figures in a sparkling array of color and light
photo by birta rán
the video seeks to empower women of all shapes and sized to embrace their bodies
photo by birta rán
still from the video — women interact within the glittering environment
a still from the film shows nude women embracing their bodies
