Symphonic Distress

The music came first. Asked to provide a visual component, I was struck by its beauty from the very first listen. Although the music and the film are in themselves apolitical, the urgent impulse to express ourselves through art has been exacerbated by the outbreak of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict. The intention, while avoiding any direct reference to war, is to tacitly evoke certain universal emotions born out of its consequences: fear, suffering, outrage, vulnerability, abnegation, hope.