Synopsis
"Touch" presents an abstract gallery of human figures rather than a conventional narrative. A succession of performers appears in close-up and in carefully arranged tableaux, their faces, bodies, costumes, and surroundings transformed by bold colors and unusual styling. The imagery shifts between stillness and movement as the figures pose, gesture, and confront the camera. With its handmade visual language and emphasis on texture, color, and physical presence, the video turns Stendek's electronic track into a strange, playful, and deliberately enigmatic portrait of human contact.
Factoids & Trivia
- The video was published online in 2012, ahead of the January 28, 2013 release of the album "Touch" on Pink Kong Records.
- "Touch" is the eighth and final track on the album, which contains eight pieces created between 2010 and 2012.
- The production was unusually hands-on. Michał Magdziński, known as Tusto, handled the video's concept, production, cinematography, editing, styling, costumes, sets, and props.
- The cast includes Klaudia Apanaszczyk, Maciek Bychowski, Monika Gromadzińska, Lucyna Kolendo, Agata Królak, Karolina Romańska, Agata Wąs, Maciej Wojcieszkiewicz, Magdalena Chmiel, and Ula Kozak.
- Tusto also created the artwork for the "Touch" album, giving the record and its video a shared visual identity.
- Stendek is the audiovisual project of Gdansk-based musician Maciej Wojcieszkiewicz, who studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk.
- The album marked a move away from Stendek's earlier, more clearly defined IDM style. Wojcieszkiewicz described "Touch" as an attempt to work more freely and spontaneously rather than remain within one genre.
- Contemporary coverage presented the video as part of a broader Gdansk electronic and audiovisual scene, where Stendek's music and live performances were often paired with self-created or guest visual work.