Up & Up: Surrealism and social content
Flying whales in the middle of the city, turtles floating in the middle subway station, horses galloping on the water, professional swimmers diving into a cup of coffee, and Chris Martin perched on planet earth, are some of the surreal images shown in the latest audiovisual work of the British band Coldplay.
Up & Up is the name of the fourth video clip presented by the group as part of their newly released album, A Head Full of Dreams, launched last December. Such audiovisual piece was directed by music producers Vania Heymann and Gal Muggia, and now has more than 1,600,000 views on the music portal YouTube.
Just as we can enjoy delirious images, excess colors and impressive special effects, the music video also shows important social references: a border wall on US shores, a boatload of survivors floating on a bathtub, and a group of refugees and displaced running alongside a herd of flying fish, are some of the allegorical certain political and territorial conflicts that currently take place around the world images.
Enjoy this amazing audiovisual piece, then:
