The video was conceived of and designed by Brooklyn-based illustrator Dan-ah Kim, and executed with the help of director Aaron Stewart-Ahn. For the first time Kim is directing a work of her own, collaborating with Stewart-Ahn for his technical knowledge. The pair met while working as crew on a Michel Gondry project. For Dan-ah the video was a chance to experiment with animation, which was done in camera without the aid of computers or greenscreens.

Dan-ah’s illustrative works can be seen at dkim-art.com. In the past year she has shown at Thinkspace in L.A. and Giant Robot in NYC.

“Me & Mary” belongs to Hush, Asobi Seksu’s forthcoming album available on Feb. 17 via Polyvinyl. Pre-orders are available here.

Oh & here’s the 1st download the emerged from Hush, debuted 2 weeks ago on Pitchfork.

“Familiar Light” | download

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