Shikoswe
Whirl, Warm Me
Music Video
Direction/Editing/Art Direction/VFX
2025
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About
Whirl, Warm Me is a music video produced by Houseguest Studios for Bergen-based indie artist Shikoswe. Coming in at six-and-a-half minutes, it plays more like an experimental short film. Starring the artist as a dysfunctional nuclear family inside a handcrafted miniature world somewhere between the Wizard of Oz and a Lynchian version of Barbie's Dreamhouse. Shikoswe's mesmerizing choreography channels domestic uncertainty, play, and unrest — as an inevitable storm draws closer.
Credits
JOE RUFA—Director, Editor, Art Direction, VFX
ANA MARIA ABURTO—Production Design
LUKE SHRYOCK—Production Design
MALIK FAKIRI—Director of Photography (Miniatures)
DANIEL TORKELSEN—Director of Photography (Performance)
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Ideation Sketches & Behind the Scenes
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