Picture of a Picture

by Gloria de Oliveira & Dean Hurley

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Gloria de Oliveira and Dean Hurley share “Picture of a Picture,” the new single/video from their new album Oceans of Time, out September 16th on Sacred Bones. Following previously released singles “Something to Behold” and “All Flowers in Time,” “Picture of a Picture” is simultaneously dreamy and eerie, as de Oliveira’s voice hovers over unfurling synths. “The initial starting point for the lyrics were notes I‘d taken years ago, when I saw Chris Marker‘s ‘La Jetée’ and ‘Sans Soleil’ for the first time,” says de Oliveira. “‘La Jetée,’ is the story of a man ‘haunted by an image of his childhood.’ As we learn in the latter film, 'each memory can create its own legend'. Thus, in a way, image and sound become vehicles for explorations of time, our human nature and the mysteries of the cosmos. Referencing these themes, ‘Picture of a Picture’ is a very personal account of finding yourself amidst the shards of a broken relationship and the accompanying fractured sense of identity. l very much relate to Marker‘s stance on the personal in art - ‘Contrary to what people say, using the first person in films tends to be a sign of humility: 'All I have to offer is myself.’”

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Ceci est l’histoire d’une femme marquée par une image d’enfance

Did I succeed in my light hearted
Escape from the night
My eyes confessing to the sky
Kissing hands goodbye
Kissing hands goodbye

Guilty flee when none pursueth
Casting spells among the ruins

The death I foresaw was my own
The one I felt in my bones
For me to never return, for me to never return
I’d be a planet frozen out of time

I see a picture of a picture
And I know, the worst part
Is letting go of an idea
It’s not the letting go of you
It’s letting go of a past me

Kissing hands goodbye
Kissing hands goodbye
Kiss your hands goodbye
Kiss your face goodbye
Lovely-faced goodbye
Escape into the light

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released September 15, 2022
Track written by Gloria de Oliveira & Dean Hurley
Produced and mixed by Dean Hurley
Strings arranged and conducted by Trey Pollard
Violins by Ellen Riccio, Adrian Pintea, Stacy Matthews, Jeannette Jang, Treesa Gold, Anna Bishop
Violas by Molly Sharp, Hyoojoo Uh, Fitz Gary
Cello by Jason McComb
Cover photo by Christopher Gorski

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Gloria de Oliveira Berlin, Germany

German-Brazilian multidisciplinary visual artist and musician

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