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This collection of original film score compositions represents a forthcoming 4-channel installation project, three years in the making, and is something of a collaborative labor of love, a melange of audio/visual synergy. This is most certainly the time in our history, no matter what our voice or style, that we speak for the ailing Earth in a way that may take some afterthought, and action. While some of the individual short films have already been featured in national and international film festivals it was a thrill to work with so many international sound artists who work in such varying styles, by pairing their compositions with my layered film work.
Nature’s four elements have traditionally been part of the functional core of our planet since the dawn of time. After the Industrial Revolution humans really have challenged the due course of organic life: Climate Change vs. Mother Nature has become imbalanced with a variety of stressful impact, especially in the 20th Century into the present. The elements, themselves, each court their own symbolism: air/wind (expansion/movement), earth (stability), fire (energy/rebirth), water (adaptation/fluidity). In modern times the elements strike up thoughts of fear as well: air (tornadoes), earth (fracking/quakes), fire (large scale forest fires), water (tsunamis/floods). The inherent capacity for change is in the balance between humankind and nature’s wrath. We live on a planet of biodiversity that has a changing, sometimes fragile ecosystem.
Often peaceful and yet wildly savage at times, the natural elements are Mother Nature’s system of checks and balances. This series of films takes artistic license in interpreting how these elements shapeshift in ways that are both non-narrative and illogical (organic). The way I see each of the individual elements is more of a meditation. This series of black and white film shorts get lost in the earthly elements, becoming a surreal mantra of sorts, and takes a necessary pause in a time of great change. The original score is something else, and genuinely has been an intense collaborative effort.
-–TJ Norris
Track list:
1. Jos Smolders – Airborn
2. Darren McClure – Flow
3. Das Synthetische Mischgewebe – Ventilate
4. Vitor Joaquim – Dust (a reinterpretation of “Lascia Chio Pianga” from GF Handel)
5. Simon Å erc – Landmass
6. PBK – Terrestrial
7. Mick Chillage – Blaze
8. Schneider TM – Flare
9. Porya Hatami РLumi̬re
10. Illusion of Safety – Adrift
11. Massimo Toniutti – Current
12. Andrew Lagowski – Wake
13. Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson – Resilience (Bonus Track)
14. Gaël Segalen (after Jos Smolders) – Flammerole
15. Liz Helman (after Darren McClure) – Reflow
16. Kokhlias (after Das Synthetische Mischgewebe) – En∙wind∙ed
17. Hilde Marie Holsen (after Vitor Joaquim) – Støv
18. Alessandra Eramo (after Simon Å erc) – Terra
19. Faex Optim (after PBK) – Ar Saoghal
20. Stephanie Merchak (after Mick Chillage) – Slow Combustion
21. Femanyst (after Schneider TM) – Hella Dead In Here
22. Fani Konstantinidou (after Porya Hatami) – Απόηχος (Echo)
23. Veryan (after Illusion of Safety) – Afloat
24. Mariuca GarcÃa-lomas (after Massimo Toniutti) – Counter Current
25. Marja-Leena Sillanpää (after Andrew Lagowski) – Wake (up)
