Sigur Rós "Svefn-G-Englar" Fatcat Records

Director : Agust Jacobsson and Sigur Ros
Date : January 2001

This unforgettable and award-winning clip, conceived by and supervised by the band with direction by Agust Jacobsson features the Perlan special-needs theatre group acting out a simple but beautiful play about the elements.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Sigur
• ros
• iceland
• fatcat
• records
• Agaetis
• Bryjun

[RudolfSchmidt]

I used to listen to this song all the time on my way to hockey games when I was 16. I remember the white mountains in the winter night, in slo mo. In the dressing room, from time to time, fellow teammates would pick up my earphones to check out what I was listening to. Of course they would scream WHAT THE HELL MAN or something, but in a good way. They were used to it. We'd been playing hockey together for half of our lives. Anyway, sigur ros was a part of my life for a year. ' was a good year.

[Ignignot1]

My children shall be concieved to this song.

[geenieweenie1]

beautiful song , i bought it in 1999 and only just rediscovered it in my collection and just put it on my mp3 player .

stunning track that makes me go all fuzzy wuzzy !

[radicalgarbage02]

@SOADownsnubs It's like, you know, whatever. (pun intended)

[SOADownsnubs]

@radicalgarbage02 What is art?

[beatshack]

i love hearing comments about how this song impacted their lives specifically... eg. what it reminds them of, etc. just that it made an impact.

[anklepantsmagazine]

It looks like those amazing people in the video were having the time of their lives making this video. Can't blame them, either. Just look at that setting!

[pedropenuela]

muito lindo!!!!!!

[andpyramids]

I used to work in a CD store and would just crank this, and everyone would be wondering what the fuck was going on. So beautiful...

[kwiknox]

@radicalgarbage02 You have to look at the symbolizm, how the wardrobe changes in the song and when, etc to find meaning and through-line.

And not all art is "about being effective and clear'. Some art is created to make you think and work and use the art as a stimulus for critical thinking and reflection. This video could arguably fall into that category. Take a look at some installations ad interactive art, the point of that art is to give you a more visceral feeling, whatever that may be :)