Synopsis
"Nomada" unfolds as a grotesque, theatrical feast populated by strange creatures, ritualistic guests and grotesquely exaggerated human appetites. Katarzyna Nosowska appears within a dark, surreal world where a mantis-like queen presides over an ominous banquet, while figures associated with envy, greed, gluttony, sloth, lust and pride arrive bearing gifts. Fire, snakes, dancing shadows and stylized movement give the video an allegorical quality. Its imagery transforms the song into a nightmarish tableau about desire, excess and the consequences of consuming too much.
Factoids & Trivia
- The video's official description frames the action as a meeting of the seven deadly sins, using their Latin names: Ira, Invidia, Avaritia, Gula, Accidia, Luxuria and Superbia.
- Its visual language draws on several dark-art references, including the grotesque paintings of Hieronymus Bosch and the literary imagination of Bruno Schulz.
- The production also incorporates the old printmaking technique known as "cliche-verre," which is referenced in the video's official description as part of Schulz's artistic world.
- The cast includes Nosowska, Janusz Chabior, Tomasz Wygoda, Mikołaj Mikołajczyk and several other performers from dance and theater backgrounds.
- The snake featured in the video was handled by Agata Kordos and Marek Russ.
- The elaborate set design was created by Natalia Kacper Mleczak, with costumes developed by Sara Milczarek in collaboration with Maldoror Low Couture.
- Nosowska's choreography was prepared with Mikołaj Mikołajczyk, reinforcing the video's performance-art character.
- "Nomada" was released in 2011 and later appeared among the nominees for the 2012 Fryderyki awards in the Song of the Year category.