Synopsis
Maria Jose Llergo performs amid stark, dreamlike images of rural labor, earth, tools, and women whose presence is repeatedly overlooked. Grainy footage of countrywomen alternates with stylized tableaux and computer-generated agricultural objects, creating a tension between old traditions and modern technology. Llergo appears as both witness and participant, while the imagery gives physical form to the song's central idea: being watched without truly being seen. The video's somber, tactile atmosphere connects personal memory with the broader invisibility of women in the countryside.
Factoids & Trivia
- The video was released in May 2019, shortly before Llergo's appearance at Primavera Sound in Barcelona.
- Llergo wrote the song herself. Its production came from Lost Twin, the alias of Sevillian producer Carlos Rivera Pinto.
- The video's concept addresses the invisibility of rural working women, while also touching on childhood trauma and inequalities connected to gender and race.
- Part of the video was filmed at Wunderhouse, an arts and events venue in Madrid. The production company behind the piece was El Trampoline.
- The production combines Super 8 footage of countrywomen in Galicia with Llergo's performance. The filmmakers approached the imagery with the visual language of Andalusian experimental filmmaker Jose Val del Omar in mind.
- The song and video indirectly pay tribute to two Andalusian figures: poet Antonio Machado and filmmaker and inventor Jose Val del Omar.
- The visual design places ordinary agricultural imagery alongside digital effects. Objects such as hoes, earth, and elevated sneakers become recurring symbols in a deliberately rough, tactile setting.