Skiazug
music video
A music video for Melker’s Skiazug, transforming footage of acrobatic ski competitions into a digital choreography. Through repositioning and layering, the athletes’ movements break from their original context, forming rhythmic patterns within a geometric composition. The interplay of repetition and shifting alignments creates a dynamic visual system where human motion merges with abstraction.
The music video for Skiazug, a track by Melker, transforms acrobatic ski footage into a choreographed interplay of motion and abstraction. By repositioning athletes within the frame, their movements take on a rhythmic quality, detached from their original context and restructured into a fluid digital composition.
Despite its foundation in simple geometric arrangements, the layering of motion and repetition creates intricate visual patterns. Loops, shifting alignments, and fragmented gestures introduce a structured yet unpredictable rhythm, where human figures dissolve into evolving spatial relationships. The choreography emerges not from direct intervention but from the rearrangement of existing motion, revealing an abstract dance shaped by the interplay of form and space. Aesthetically, the video embraces a pure, graphical style, defined by bright, saturated colors set against a white matte background. Negative space plays an essential role, allowing moments of stillness to contrast with the dynamic movement. The found footage retains its original color palette, with white snow, vivid blue sky, and the bold hues of ski suits shaping the composition. The slow-motion acrobatics enhance the sense of weightlessness, as skiers appear to hover, turn, and fall with effortless suspension, creating an atmosphere that is both playful and ethereal.
video composition
full HD
color and stereo sound
3’ 28’’
found footage
digital animation
procedural graphics
2016
full HD
color and stereo sound
3’ 28’’
found footage
digital animation
procedural graphics
2016
Credits —
Track produced by the swiss band Melker and released on the album 2-10.
Track produced by the swiss band Melker and released on the album 2-10.