Birdnest Hair

‘Birdnest Hair’ is a playful and sonically exuberant celebration of womanhood and scrappy optimists, inspired by the incredible women in Matt’s life and a newly minted god-daughter, Wednesday. Featuring an all woman gang-vocal chorus, field recorded nature sounds, tabla by world musician Ravi Singh, and a ragbag of eclectic instruments played by Matt.

The music video is hand drawn frame-by-frame by Ashleigh Djokic, a Brisbane visual artist and theatre maker who also provides ‘playschool rap’ vocals for the song. Inspired by Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli, this video is mind-melding of Ashleigh and Matt’s sensibilities and love of animation and kooky aesthetics.

Matt is a QMusic Award finalist, BEMAC featured artist and founding member of The Mouldy Lovers. As a one-man ‘obscure orchestra’, he plays over twenty instruments collected from around the world, composing uncommon music from wholly organic sounds.

  • Matthew Hsu
    Director
    Every Step Is A Horizon, Mycelium, Tightrope Moon, Ant Dance
  • Ashleigh Djokic
    Director
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  • Matt Hsu
    Key Cast
  • Ashleigh Djokic
    Key Cast
  • Matt Hsu
    Composer
    Every Step Is A Horizon, Mycelium, Tightrope Moon, Ant Dance
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental, Music Video, Short
  • Genres:
    animation, experimental, music video
  • Runtime:
    4 minutes 20 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 12, 2017
  • Production Budget:
    300 AUD
  • Country of Origin:
    Australia
  • Country of Filming:
    Australia
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital, hand-drawn animation
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Matthew Hsu, Ashleigh Djokic

Matt Hsu and Ashleigh Djokic are Australian multi-disciplinary artists.

Matt is a QMusic Award finalist, BEMAC featured artist and founding member of The Mouldy Lovers. As a one-man ‘obscure orchestra’, he plays over twenty instruments collected from around the world, composing uncommon music from wholly organic sounds.

Ashleigh is a performance maker, drama teacher, visual artist and animator. She is interested in exploring human connection to nature and the inner child through various artistic mediums and processes.

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