30-05-2025
Wild One: effie isobel - Moon Made
Fans of sapphic fantasy romance and antioxidant superfoods pay attention! This week's Wild One, 'Moon Made', is a vampy, bewitching, high-vitamin clip from Kaurna artist effie isobel.
Setting the scene with candles, mirrors, an enchanted forest and a very juicy pomegranate (it's giving Stephanie Meyer's Midnight Sun novel cover), director Grace Stewart channels sultry dark fantasy energy for this yearning dream-pop track. 'It was such a gorgeous experience bringing this video to life, and getting to work with the extremely talented Effie' says Grace. 'For the indoor shots, It was just the five of us in one room, experimenting with our creativity and embracing our femininity. This clip is witchy and enchanting and references 80s horror movies throughout. There's a story in it for everyone, but it may not find you just on the first watch.'
Starring effie isobel and Zoe Taylor as two brooding, beautiful creatures (Witches? Vampires? We'll leave it up to the audience to decide…) with a deep bond, the production process for 'Moon Made' was consciously deisigned to create a distinctly feminine energy on set. 'The crew was almost entirely non-male (besides dear Zach who was our gaff in the forest shots), I think this contributed to how safe Zoe and I felt to be interacting in such a tender way' explains effie. 'I really wanted to explore these two girls being stuck in an intense, karmic relationship and I think we captured that!'
'I'm incredibly grateful for the team that worked on this clip. Exploring queerness and intimacy can be so vulnerable, I felt so held and supported in this space. We filmed this across two days, the first in a shed on a 38 degree day, and the second at night in a thorny forest, despite the intensity of these shoots, the team couldn't have been more supportive and energising to work with.'
'This clip is messy, high energy and a little spooky. I can't wait for you to see it!'
