Proposed video installation 

Canopies and Cathedrals - immersive sound and vision.

The world seems to have grown more uncertain in the last year, and it's certainly tough to rival the age of Covid for gothic motifs made manifest. 

This proposed work engages with two ideas prevalent in contemporary film and video - a growing trend helping us to adapt to an increasingly stressful and uncertain world. 

Canopies and Cathedrals is a collaboration between a sound designer, an electronic composer, a novelist, a sound engineer and a videographer. These titles are not exactly accurate as each contributor has more than one string to their bow.  The novelist is also a visual artist. The videographer is also a painter. The electronic composer is also a novelist and visual artist. The sound designer is also a musician.

The work is influenced by the two following concepts of Mindfulnesss and Slow Cinema. Think  of any film by Andrei Tarkovsky and Jóhann Jóhannsson’s Last and First Men and of course Brian Eno. (also see Gothic Times)

Mindfulness is a type of meditation in which you focus on being intensely aware of what you're sensing and feeling in the moment, without interpretation or judgment. Practicing mindfulness involves breathing methods, guided imagery, and other practices to relax the body and mind and help reduce stress.

Slow cinema is a genre of art cinema film-making that emphasises long takes, and is typically characterised by a style that is minimalist, observational, and with little or no narrative.  It is sometimes called "contemplative cinema”.

Canopies: A roof-like covering of trees enclosing a large or wide natural space.
Cathedrals: Large edifice usually of stone, enclosing space reserved for spiritual contemplation.

Vertical structures that strive for light and open spaces, defying gravity and reason.