Singer, producer and writer Sarah P. continues push the artistry of sound and visuals with her latest video ‘Maenads’. The title track to her latest EP, the highly creative video features Sarah and dancer Sabina Smith-Moreland in a minimal space creating art, representative of a place of peace and solitude, whilst still dealing with issues of mental illness. This also continues the highlighting of Sarah’s background in theatre, as she and Smith-Moreland deliver a brilliant piece of performance art.

Touching on the song and video, Sarah P. stated:

“Maenads is a song about all those nights that are empty of feelings. I used to have plenty of those in my younger years. The visuals for the video are a fast-forward to my life in Berlin – rather secluded, away from distractions. “Reformed”, but far from perfect. This isolation-by-choice gave me time to process life events that had shaped me, as well as start healing from traumatic experiences of the past.

In the video, the bird symbolises mental illness. My coming to terms with it, but also not letting it overtake my life – as it used to, in the past. For those who don’t know, I’ve been struggling with depression and anxiety for a long time.

The whole point of the video is to show that it’s possible to control one’s mental health, rather than living a life controlled by mental illness.

Mental illness never truly goes away, but learning more about it can help understand what’s going on inside your body and mind and therefore, control it better.

For the last part of the Maenads Trilogy, I decided to film the video of the title song in Berlin – where it all started for me. This video is perhaps my least “ethereal” work-to-date – with “ethereal” being a word that’s often used to describe my work. Berlin isn’t ethereal – it’s boxy and well structured in its chaos. Berlin’s light is very different compared to the light in Athens; in Berlin the light is moody and arrogant – especially during the winter, where it makes rare appearances. Maenads was filmed at Theaterhaus Berlin – a space that felt homely and brought me closer to my drama school years. I had the pleasure to work with photographer and visual artist Colette Pomerleau and dancer Sabina Smith-Moreland. For the colouring of the video I worked once again with David Hofmann who previously coloured the other two parts of the Maenads trilogy. Although the concept and the set are meant to symbolise my life in Berlin, my “Greek Maenads” (Clio “Lil Cli” Arvaniti, Dora Pantazopoulou, Rania Ainiti, Marianna Pagrakioti) make a special appearance on Maenads TV. The additional visuals were filmed & edited by George Geranios, on a rooftop in Athens – the concrete jungle. Lastly, Apostolia Gogara is responsible for the fantastic hair and makeup of the additional visuals.”