Behind the scenes video here: vimeo.com/216993611
An anthropological study of gay semiotics, taxonomies, and sexual behaviours.
"It’s educational, sometimes voyeuristic, and absolutely engrossing." - Vulture (No. 3, Top 10 music videos of 2017)
"Truly putting the ‘N’ in ‘NSFW’...with Brendan MacLean’s ‘House Of Air’ video, it felt really refreshing to see that queer art can still be subversive, provocative and… yeah, a little bit gross, to be honest." - HuffPost (No. 6, Best music videos of 2017)
"One of the smartest, most compelling videos I’ve seen in years." - HuffPost Queer Voices
"Incredible...essential and provocative viewing...a bold and audacious celebration of gay sex" - PromoNews
"It’s radical in its content but accessible in its tone...it depicts casually perhaps what the ever elusive idea of acceptance might mean: allowing the transgressive to exist happily, not shamefully." - 4:3
"With ‘House Of Air’, Maclean is in many ways picking up where George Michael left off. Delivering queerness in its most unapologetic and honest form, it aims for the heart of a beige hetero-society and scores a direct hit." - Hey-Nineteen
"While a vast majority of queer musicians fuss over packaging their music for mainstream and heterosexual audiences, House of Air does the complete opposite – celebrating a history that can’t simply be rolled in glitter." - SameSame
"Unlike anything you ever watched on Youtube." - Fucking Young
OFFICIAL SELECTION / SXSW Film Festival / Midnight Shorts
OFFICIAL SELECTION / Raindance Film Festival / Music Video Category
OFFICIAL SELECTION / Hamburg International Short Film Festival
NOMINATED / Best Music Video / Berlin Music Video Awards
WINNER / Most Trashy / Berlin Music Video Awards
OFFICIAL SELECTION / Maryland Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION / Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest
WINNER / Best Humor / SECS FEST
Directed by Brian Fairbairn and Karl Eccleston (with apologies to Hal Fischer)
Featuring Rowland, Harry Clayton-Wright, JD Dean, Drew Kingston, Brendan Maclean, Ashley Ryder
More on gay semiotics: queerculturalcenter.org/Pages/HalPages/GaySemIndx.html
Get the song: brendanmaclean.bandcamp.com/album/funbang1-deluxe-edition
Help us make more art: patreon.com/macleanbrendan