Revolt (Viewer is unable to revolt)

Brief description

The viewer of the 360Ëš sees from the point of view of a drone, and is unable to affect what happens. The lead singer looks directly at the drone, singing "You can revolt", but the viewer is unable to do anything, and when the drone they inhabit is shot down they simply switch to the viewpoint of another drone. Finally the drone is shot down and the song - and the viewer's access to the world - is over.

The viewer is clearly meant to identify with the workers revolting against the drones and heavily armoured soldiers. Positioning the viewer visually as a drone works well cinematically with the constraints of a 360˚ video meant to be viewed by slotting a smartphone into a cardboard VR viewer, and also creates a duality that connects the message of revolting against machines that oppress us to our actual world - at the same time as the fascination with technology that is evident in the VR experimental music video itself speaks against the dystopian view of technology.  

Pull Quotes

I can see you’re trapped in a maze Let’s find a way to escape
(..)
You're not afraid

You're not a drone (..)
You can revolt

Work that the situation appears in

Title Publication Type Year Creator
Revolt Narrative, Music video Muse
Who does what?
Aesthetic characteristics
Colours
Machine P.O.V
Machine P.O.V.
Notes
There is both classifying (activist, "dangerous") made by the machine, as well as identifying (rebecca), so I added identifying. Also I am not quite sure what the "user" here is, but I assume it is because it is possible to have some control over where to look and it is machine P.o.V. But as a user I am not actively classifying so I removed it from here. (Linda 14.6.2021)

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