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The death drive, or “destrudo”, is the antonym for “libido” – a Freudian concept of the wish to cease existence, if only temporarily, carried out through self-destructive behaviour. Freud commonly described it as a desire to return to the womb, in order to remove oneself from the daily stresses of human life. It’s a relatable feeling for me, in some way – sometimes in places of vulnerability or despondency, I prefer to vanish into safety and keep to myself, unseen and unheard.
I see the daily struggle that many people go through in coming to terms with their own identity, and how in this current political landscape there is a constant pull between what they wish to be, and what the rest of the contemporary society wishes for them to be. For those who are in minorities, just their sheer virtue of existence is anathema to some.
Sometimes, just existing can be exhausting.
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Music by JAMES PADDOCK
Produced by KEVIN “VELVETIC” MARTINS
Video production by KEAGAN DUNN
VFX from cinemitch, on Vecteezy
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