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“Here’s the video for Eight Hours Don’t Make A Day. It was shot on a JVC Everio camera that I got for a tenner, if you watch closely, certain shots have a blue pixel on them, because it’s essentially knackered. I’d never edited a video before this one, and I think that shows.
There was no initial concept , I just took shots of things I liked in the hope that it all looked good together in context. I think the larger relevance of it all became clear as I started to edit things.
Without putting too fine a point on it, the past few years have been a really bad time from a mental health perspective, and there have been a few periods where everything felt as if it would culminate in one very specific thing.
With this video, I think I was trying to document my ‘recovery’ or a return to a more even keel. It’s been a nice summer, it’s good to feel as if i’m back on earth again. Just before Christmas last year, I stuck a tag from a herbal tea on a set of shelves in my bedroom. It says ‘Peace of mind comes piece by piece’. This video is a sort of visual reminder of that sentiment.” – Sam Pillay