ARTIST: Peter Gabriel

CREATOR: ALTER.LAB

SONG: San Jacinto FROM Peter Gabriel 4

Video info

The core idea of the video is the power of community. We sought to represent the spiritual experience of San Jacinto—the internal growth of a young person witnessing the disappearance of their community and territory—and, at the same time, the song's other great message: the importance of standing firm against the adversities of modern society.

We hope that the video not only captures this message but also reflects that its very creation is the result of a community process. We collectively shared ideas, tools, and workflows to create and assemble every single element. To achieve this, the use of generative tools was complemented by traditional animation and editing techniques.

We are honored to be part of the 5050 initiative, to build upon the important legacy of Peter Gabriel, and to join this community of incredible visual artists

Song info:

San Jacinto is a track taken from Peter Gabriel's fourth solo album, released in September 1982.

Words and music by Peter Gabriel. Produced by Peter Gabriel and David Lord.

Published by Real World Music Ltd. / Sony Music Publishing.

‘San Jacinto was more about… culture clash came up in a few of the lyrics, but between Native American and contemporary American. I’d noticed, whilst travelling around the West, the bits of Native American culture that had been absorbed into the motels or casinos or whatever it was. It started me thinking about it anyway and musically too I was trying to build on what I’d begun on a previous album with ‘systems’ approach and repeated motifs.’ - pg

ARTIST: Peter Gabriel

CREATOR: Costas Papageorgiou

SONG: Wallflower FROM Peter Gabriel 4

Video info:

With this video I attempted to reinterpret the song ‘Wallflower’ visually through the body of a woman. Hands, hair, voices striking the inner walls. Small, measured, ritualistic steps. Cries echo against the walls, carrying both hope and despair, alternating with turbulent formations that create geometries spilling into the watery landscapes of dreams and escape. This woman becomes an abstract frame and a symbol of the global spiritual and existential crisis, inside a stone “box” that resembles the set of an ancient tragedy.

“Hold on. And I will do what I can do” – through the olive trees of the Mediterranean land, the sea views and the rocky, barren landscapes. ‘Wallflower’ is no longer just a song; it is a poem written on the walls of a prison whether real or mental.

The images I recorded with my cameras – digital and analog – were all taken by me in the region of Attica, Greece. They are photographs and videos I shot and worked on specifically for this project, and which I tried through a visual art approach to combine and enrich in the editing process in order to express my own artistic interpretation of this great song by my beloved Peter Gabriel.

Song info:

Wallflower is a track taken from Peter Gabriel's fourth solo album, released in September 1982.

Words and music by Peter Gabriel. Produced by Peter Gabriel and David Lord.

Published by Real World Music Ltd. / Sony Music Publishing.

‘Wallflower is a song that had been written with Amnesty International in mind and prisoners of conscious and people being tortured. It’s always been a popular song with fans.’ - pg

ARTIST: Peter Gabriel

CREATOR: Jean-Luc Addams

SONG: San Jacinto FROM Peter Gabriel 4

Video info

San Jacinto is a very personal project (for me) as the person responsible for the iconic Fairlight CMI programming is a mentor and good friend. I took the lyrics and the story as mentioned in the So DVD footage and formulated a plan: Use the Native American Indian language glyphs to visually tell the same story in a dream-like and painterly style.

The glyphs were drawn and animated in both 2d and 3d. Some new techniques were created and everything was brought together into Davinci Resolve. Some of the visuals are stark, some subtle, I pictured them on a big screens with Peter’s vocals giving them life.

Song info:

San Jacinto is a track taken from Peter Gabriel's fourth solo album, released in September 1982.

Words and music by Peter Gabriel. Produced by Peter Gabriel and David Lord.

Published by Real World Music Ltd. / Sony Music Publishing.

‘San Jacinto was more about… culture clash came up in a few of the lyrics, but between Native American and contemporary American. I’d noticed, whilst travelling around the West, the bits of Native American culture that had been absorbed into the motels or casinos or whatever it was. It started me thinking about it anyway and musically too I was trying to build on what I’d begun on a previous album with ‘systems’ approach and repeated motifs.’ - pg