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Sabrina Ratté's eye-bending video for Suuns is a little package of lo-fi joy

Date
11 March 2013

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When it comes to flicking through Canadian visual artist Sabrina Ratté’s portfolio of moving image work, you’re never quite sure where you are. The glitchy mix of analogue and digital techniques leave plenty of room for both carefully conceived and beautifully serendipitous outcomes that probably resemble the inner workings of her brain. Regardless, who cares what they look like when they’re as magic as they are? Oh yeah, the point of this article was to tell you all to watch her latest video for Suuns – sorry that took so long to get to. Enjoy!

A person plays an electric guitar against a distorted background of black and white stripes. The stripes warp and curve around the figure, creating a psychedelic, optical illusion effect.
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Sabrina Ratté: Suuns – 2020 (still)

A high-contrast, black and white image of a four-piece band performing. The figures are distorted by heavy digital glitch effects and vertical stripes.
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Sabrina Ratté: Suuns – 2020 (still)

A high-contrast black and white image of a person playing a guitar. The figure is framed within a white inverted triangle, overlaid with bold horizontal stripes.
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Sabrina Ratté: Suuns – 2020 (still)

A black and white digital image of a person’s face, distorted by horizontal glitches. The figure is fragmented into shifted blocks, creating a staggered, mirrored effect across the frame.
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Sabrina Ratté: Suuns – 2020 (still)

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Alex Bec

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Alex is co-founder of It’s Nice That. Once one of the main contributors to the site, he stepped back from writing as the business expanded. He currently works across It’s Nice That, Creative Lives in Progress and If You Could Jobs.

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